Posts Tagged ‘Central Texas’
Severe Threat for this Afternoon
- Published on Friday, 17 May 2013 10:07
- Conley Isom
- 41 Comments
There is an elevated risk for severe weather today across parts of Central Texas. The dry line will be setup west of the I-35 corridor. As temperatures warm into the 90s along the dry line, triple digits behind it, isolated storms are expected to develop. There will be a lot of energy in the atmosphere so they will quickly turn severe.
The main threat is going to be large hail, up to baseball size. Yes, that big! Strong winds and lots of lightning can be expected as well. Tornado threat is small but cannot be ruled out. Below is a graphic from the NWS in Fort Worth highlighting the area. As of now, we expect storms to stay out of DFW and Waco as they weaken after sunset.
Tornado Watch Issued until 1 AM
- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 18:04
- David Reimer
- 10 Comments
Tornado Watch has been posted for much of North and Central Texas until 1 AM. This includes the D/FW Metroplex, Waco, and Temple. This replaces the Severe Thunderstorm Watch previously in effect for North Texas. One tornado has already been confirmed and I’m afraid the storms west of D/FW are in a prime position to bring big problems into D/FW in a few hours. This is turning into a serious situation. Very large hail up to softball size, tornadoes, and damaging wind are all possible.
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BELL BOSQUE BROWN
CLAY COLEMAN COLLIN
COMANCHE COOKE CORYELL
DALLAS DENTON EASTLAND
ELLIS ERATH FANNIN
GRAYSON HAMILTON HILL
HOOD HUNT JACK
JOHNSON LAMPASAS MCCULLOCH
MCLENNAN MILLS MONTAGUE
PALO PINTO PARKER ROCKWALL
SAN SABA SOMERVELL STEPHENS
TARRANT WISE YOUNG
Damage Photos from Temple
- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 18:16
- Conley Isom
- 0 Comments
Here is a collection of photos from Conley who was chasing the storms in Central Texas. Lots of wind damage and hail.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued until 7 PM
- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 12:00
- David Reimer
- 0 Comments
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of Central Texas west into the Hill Country and West-Central Texas. This watch is in effect until 7 PM with thunderstorm activity increasing this afternoon. The strongest storms may produce hail larger than baseballs and damaging winds over 65 MPH. A brief tornado cannot be ruled out. Junction, San Angelo, Abilene Waco, and Athens are a few of the cities included in this watch. Additional watches are likely later this afternoon and evening.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 150
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1155 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL TEXAS
* EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1155 AM UNTIL
700 PM CDT.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL EVENTS EXPECTED WITH SEVERAL VERY LARGE HAIL
EVENTS TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
SEVERAL DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY
A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF SAN ANGELO TEXAS TO 55 MILES EAST OF CORSICANA
TEXAS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED
WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ANDERSON BELL BOSQUE BROWN BURNET CALLAHAN COKE COLEMAN COMANCHE CONCHO CORYELL ELLIS ERATH FALLS FISHER FREESTONE HAMILTON HASKELL HENDERSON HILL IRION JOHNSON JONES KAUFMAN KIMBLE LAMPASAS LEON LIMESTONE LLANO MASON MCCULLOCH MCLENNAN MENARD MILAM MILLS NAVARRO NOLAN ROBERTSON RUNNELS SAN SABA SCHLEICHER SHACKELFORD SOMERVELL STERLING SUTTON TAYLOR THROCKMORTON TOM GREEN VAN ZANDT WILLIAMSON
Watch Possible for Central Texas
- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:18
- Conley Isom
- 0 Comments
SPC is watching an area in Central Texas, Waco and Austin west to San Angelo, for a possible severe thunderstorm watch. Chance this will happen sits at 60%. On going storms have briefly produced some hail and large hail is the primary threat today. The atmosphere just isn’t right for tornadoes. This complex of storms will move east thru the day and models are showing more storms firing on the dry line this evening, which is located on northwest Texas. Lets hope we get the rain and not severe weather.
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