Posts Tagged ‘hail’
Afternoon Severe Weather Update
- Published on Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:33
- Conley Isom
- 18 Comments
Quick update…still watching for the chance of storms west, northwest of DFW area. Storms, if they develop, will happen after 3 PM. Very large hail, winds, and an isolated tornado are possible. There is some uncertainty on if thunderstorms will fire, but it only takes one.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Severe Outlook for Sunday
- Published on Sunday, 19 May 2013 08:11
- Conley Isom
- 19 Comments
After a quiet start to the severe weather season, seems like we are making up ground. We have another chance for severe weather this afternoon as the dry line punches east again out of west Texas. What is different today is the chance for severe weather is farther east, getting closer to the DFW area. In fact, areas from Dallas/Fort Worth, west are under the slight risk for today. Farther north, Oklahoma is bracing for an active day with a high chance for tornadoes from Oklahoma City northeast towards Kansas.
The image above is a look at CAPE values forecasted this afternoon. What is CAPE? Basically the amount of energy in the atmosphere that feeds severe storms. Values over 2000 are good but today we could see values up to 4000 or higher. This can lead to extremely large hail, up to baseball or bigger! An example of this can be seen from Jenny yesterday who found large hail near Munday, TX.
The CAP is still going to hinder storms from developing but will be a little weaker today. Any storms we see will likely be isolated and should weaken as they move east. As mentioned above, large hail is the main threat but we cannot rule out an isolated tornado. If you live west of DFW, keep up to date on the weather as storms develop after 3 PM.
We have more chances for severe weather Monday and Tuesday. We hope you have a way o receive warnings. If not, click here to download our severe weather alerts app. More updates later today!
Evening Update – Turning Quiet
- Published on Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:34
- Conley Isom
- 5 Comments
The dry line was much quieter today, partly due to the stronger CAP and the fact the dry line did not punch east like Friday. The last storm of the evening that moved through Seymour, TX, has not dissipated and may actually put down some strong winds as it collapses. That storm did produce 1 to 2 inch hail from Weinert to Goree. Our chaser Jenny was on the storm so be looking for her photos tonight or tomorrow morning.
Sunday is another day and parts of Oklahoma will be under the gun again for tornadic storms. Here in Texas, we will be watching the dry line again to see if we can fire a storm or two. There will still be lots of energy to work with so large hail would be likely. By Monday and Tuesday, it will be come much more active across north Texas and the Red River so be ready!
Photo from our Facebook page, courtesy of Shove Johnson.
Severe T’Storm Warning – Knox, Baylor Counties
- Published on Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:03
- Conley Isom
- 1 Comment
New warning now for the storm southwest of Seymour, heading northeast. It is beginning to organize and take on broad rotation. Hail threat continues up to quarter size. Tracking closely…
Severe T’Storm Warning – Haskell, Throckmorton
- Published on Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:37
- Conley Isom
- 2 Comments
New warning for the storm between Haskell and Throckmorton. Storm is moving north, northeast at 30 mph and capable of producing quarter size hail and damaging winds. Remember a tornado watch remains in effect until 11 PM and this storm could start rotating soon. Below is the shot of the hail core north of Haskell.
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