Nasty Storms

[longtalltexan79]

Anyone else up watching the storms coming from the west around San Antonio? They look so nasty...if they hold together I wouldn't be surprised I'm going to experience some bad weather early in the morning...will be hitting me first before anyone else...


Oh and Texas looks like it's covered in crime scene tape with all the yellow Severe Thunderstorm Watch boxes...lol...new one was just issued west of me...w

[ticka1]

I am. Like a crazy fool - they won't be here until early morning but I am watching them for another hour or so.....so you have company Lynndy. They are some strong looking storms - both out towards San Antonio and towards Waco. All moving in this direction it looks like....

[archergirl66]

Wow... I'm awake now! That's some line... and you're right, I don't see a way it could *not* hit us.

[longtalltexan79]

I'm sitting here just waiting for the severe watch box to be issued...there is no way these storms are going to miss any of us...I guess i'll be under the gun first so to speak...I keep checking the radar every ten minutes, lol

[longtalltexan79]

And there it is...Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 5:00am ...

The Nws Storm Prediction Center Has Issued A Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Portions Of

Southeastern Texas Coastal Waters

Effective This Sunday Morning From 120 AM Until 500 AM CDT.

Hail To 1.5 Inches In Diameter... Thunderstorm Wind Gusts To 70 Mph... And Dangerous Lightning Are Possible In These Areas.

The Severe Thunderstorm Watch Area Is Approximately Along And 70 Statute Miles North And South Of A Line From 35 Miles West Northwest Of Palacios Texas To 50 Miles North Northeast Of Galveston Texas. For A Complete Depiction Of The Watch See The Associated Watch Outline Update (wous64 Kwns Wou6).

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.

[sparky]

Mesoscale Discussion 1055
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1055
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0142 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

AREAS AFFECTED...COASTAL PLAINS OF SERN TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL

VALID 291842Z - 292015Z

...A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY...

RETREATING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER
HAS MOVED INLAND AND IS WASHING OUT...BUT STILL DISCERNABLE FROM THE
MIDDLE TX COAST...ARCING TO THE NORTH OF VCT. LATEST OBSERVATIONAL
DATA INDICATES MARITIME TROPICAL AIRMASS IS SPREADING NWD WITH MID
70S SFC DEW POINTS SEVERAL COUNTIES INLAND...YIELDING MLCAPE VALUES
APPROACHING 3000 J/KG. IT APPEARS CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP ALONG THIS RETREATING BOUNDARY OVER VICTORIA AND JACKSON
COUNTIES. ISOLATED SUPERCELLS MAY EVOLVE FROM THIS ACTIVITY OVER
THE NEXT HOURS OR SO. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO HEAT UPSTREAM ACROSS SRN
TX. ADDITIONALLY...UPPER VORT REMAINS EVIDENT IN WV
IMAGERY...SHEARING EWD TOWARD LRD. THIS FEATURE SHOULD ENHANCE
LARGE SCALE ASCENT ACROSS MUCH OF SRN/SERN TX. VERY LARGE HAIL MAY
OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

..DARROW.. 05/29/2005


ATTN...WFO...HGX...CRP...EWX...

[sparky]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0349.html

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 349
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
220 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 220 PM UNTIL 1100
PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES
EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF COTULLA
TEXAS TO 65 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND 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.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 348...

DISCUSSION...VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WITH
MLCAPE BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 J/KG. RUC MODELS SOUNDINGS HAVE BEEN
SHOWING INCREASING FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
TONIGHT WITH BRN SHEAR REACHING BETWEEN 60 AND 65 M2/S2. LARGE HAIL
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE THREATS ACROSS THE AREA.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 3 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035.


...MCCARTHY

[longtalltexan79]

Just got my alert about the TW from my weatherbug....ooooh goody...

and I must say that is one nasty looking cell up in Colorado County...I can see it from here!

[longtalltexan79]

The radar looks like a christmas tree lit up at christmas time...


note: the attached radar image is just a capture of the radar on my weatherbug so it doesn't move or update

[sparky]

yeah lynndy been keeping an eye out for you and patricia. hope u guys can stay safe and it not be to bad but, your right radar is truly lit up. let us know how it is later after all the action ends.

sandy

[ticka1]

I just got home from Galveston. Man the sky is full of lightning to the north!!! The closer we got home to Baytown - the more the lightnining surronded us. Looks like the most serious is right about I-10 - don't know if it will move south - if it does -its going to be a dousy of a storm.

Keeping an eye on it with my Level3.

Patricia

[longtalltexan79]

It is lightning here BAD! I can see it through my blinds and the lights are starting to flicker...bad thing is I've got dinner in the oven...from the looks of the radar I am fixing to get hit hard... :crazy-eye

Flash Flood Watch was just issued...

The front seems to have gone stationary and the storms are just forming and lining up on it...I see more storms after the one that is fixing to slam in here...

Going to be a busy, busy night....stay safe everyone!!!

[ticka1]

Same to you Lynndy - you stay safe. We had to bolt of lightning hit right behind the house - still checking out some of the stuff in the garages to make sure nothing was damaged or any fires started. Looks like I'm gonna get hammered again in about 1 to 2hours - the stuff that just left you.

Stay safe and post here.

Gina - how are things in Friendswood?

[ticka1]

Well we got hammered bad. Around 11:00 p.m. the wind started blowing with thunder and lightning - the electricity was flickering on and off. Got my weather radio out and listen - then found the flashlites and lantern. Finally at 11:30 the power went out for good - meanwhile the rain was coming down and wind was blowing - it had to be over 30 mph gusts. Finally the storms pasted about 1 hour later - but still no power. Power finally came back on at 1:30 a.m. - going out and surveying the damage this morning.

Local news said we are going to have another round this evening.

[Coriolis]

Ticka, Lynndy -

Glad you all made it thru those storms last night. Was watching it via the Level 3 - saw the one bow echo - but also saw the rotation(for a lack of better words) around that area. Then Ticka - I saw your area get nailed! I wanted to save it but got an error and MS shut that app down - ohh well! Glad everyone is fine.

Jim

Happy Memorial day to all.

[longtalltexan79]

Man oh man were those some storms last night. Hit around 9:30 and the lights went out as soon as it hit. And they stayed out for 6 hours...we couldn't go to sleep cause it got so hot, and we nearly cried when they came back on around 4am, lol.

The only damage that I can see is our big fig tree got snapped in half at the bottom.

There was a wind gust in town clocked at 68mph by a trained weather spotter, so that explains why the tree got snapped.

The lightning was awesome! We sat in the bedroom and watch it out the window as the storm progressed. Very electrical storm.

I just hope if we have another round this afternoon they aren't as severe as those were last night...