Numerous supercells have developed in the eastern Texas Panhandle, many having already gone tornadic. Like the storms earlier this afternoon northwest of Amarillo and into the Oklahoma Panhandle, the storms are clustered together somewhat within a larger convective shield. These storms should eventually move into western Oklahoma, but I wonder how long the more isolated cells can remain truly discrete.

A pair of supercells, both with a TVS, are located just north of Abilene. The older of the two storms was producing left splits like crazy earlier (one of which is still going, approaching Vernon), but now they appear to be getting their act together. These storms appear to have latched on to the warm front, so they'll probably ride east in the general direction of DFW through the evening.

A trailing cold front has entered the western Texas Panhandle and is gradually merging with the dryline. The two boundaries have already become one from I-40 northward, and as the two collide to the south, it may provide extra forcing to fill in the line of storms in the southern Panhandle.

UPDATE (8:45 PM): The two supercells near Abilene have become one...the northern storm started to take a right turn as the southern storm was moving a little more north of east, and the two crashed into each other. The southern storm has taken charge and now has a distinct hook and nice TVS/velocity couplet. The ABI ASOS station, in the inflow region for the updraft, is reporting 40 kt winds.