Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Severe storms in south TX this evening. Tornado warning currently for western San Antonio, severe thunderstorm warning for us in Austin. Also a flood watch for all of TX through Monday as waves of rain are expected through the next two days, and a tornado watch tonight. I already had a T-storm this afternoon with some pretty solid wind gusts. Edit: Two tornado warnings in San Antonio now, and a tornado warning for the western portion of my county. After looking at radarscope there's definitely rotation just west of Lago Vista nw of Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 After looking at radarscope there's definitely rotation just west of Lago Vista nw of Austin. The segment of the line about to hit me is bowing out now. Big light show SW of me now-almost constant rolling thunder. Edit-Tornado warning just issued for Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I can definitely see a couplet on this, and it's headed maybe a few miles west of me. The storm looks to be headed more NE now than ENE, which would have taken the couplet right over me and very populated parts of town. Definitely breathing something of a sigh of relief. We still look to be getting a nasty burst of straight line winds with the bowing out line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I can definitely see a couplet on this, and it's headed maybe a few miles west of me. The storm looks to be headed more NE now than ENE, which would have taken the couplet right over me and very populated parts of town. Definitely breathing something of a sigh of relief. We still look to be getting a nasty burst of straight line winds with the bowing out line.I'm seeing very broad roation. They might even drop the warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Big wind gusts-I'd say 55 mph easy, probably over 60 mph. I might lose power soon-been flickering for a couple of minutes. Trees are bending side to side at my apartment complex-we'll definitely have some downed trees from this, and lots of power outages. This is probably the strongest wind I've seen here so far. And now, maybe hail hitting the gutter outside. This is pretty freakin' intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Lol and just as I said that...I see the warning was dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Big wind gusts-I'd say 55 mph easy, probably over 60 mph. I might lose power soon-been flickering for a couple of minutes. Trees are bending side to side at my apartment complex-we'll definitely have some downed trees from this, and lots of power outages. This is probably the strongest wind I've seen here so far. And now, maybe hail hitting the gutter outside. This is pretty freakin' intense. Nice man. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I'm seeing very broad roation. They might even drop the warning. Ahh that's good news-you're probably using a better program than I am. I don't have GRLevel, I use the NWS radar pretty much. Never saw the need to invest in that stuff-maybe now I should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 As I loop through, there was a pretty nice couplet on this about 15-20 mins ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Nice man. Enjoy. The wind's dying down now but for a minute it reminded me of Sandy. I'd say it rivaled anything I saw in Irene. Visibility was pretty much nil with the blinding rain and constant lightning. Just like a hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Posting on my phone now-my power's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 TDS near Liberty Hill, 20 miles or so NW of me. Not far from Jarrell-site of the F5 in 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 TDS near Liberty Hill, 20 miles or so NW of me. Not far from Jarrell-site of the F5 in 1997.Yea there was but it has also weakened in last few frames.I think you should get radarscope...it's pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Yea there was but it has also weakened in lame few frames. I think you should get radarscope...it's pretty good. The tornadoes tonight luckily seem to be short-lived but hopefully not very intense (do debris signatures appear on weak tornadoes?). San Antonio was under a warning for a while. I'm sure plenty of damage reports will be forthcoming tomorrow. Got power back a few minutes ago. This is all brand new to me-coming from LB, severe weather isn't something I'm used to. When one of the mets in the stormchasing thread mentioned a debris signature in the storm that tornado-warned me, my heart definitely skipped a couple of beats. Never been under a tornado warning before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Gust to 75mph at Austin-Bergstrom Airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Here comes another MCS... Ahh geez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACRUS Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Birth if the weather forecast. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32483678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Tremendous flooding on the San Marcos and Blanco Rivers just south of here in San Marcos and Kyle, TX-pretty highly populated towns on I-35. Their sources in the Hill Country had upwards of a foot of rain yesterday. Both rivers may approach or are at record flood levels. There are also flood warnings on creeks here in Austin this morning, and as I expected, lots of wind damage reports. Trees down, and reports of windows blown out and even a roof blown off. Also, mobile homes damaged in Dripping Springs just west of town from a possible tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdp146 Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Front page on CNN this afternoon JM. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/24/us/severe-weather/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Tremendous flooding on the San Marcos and Blanco Rivers just south of here in San Marcos and Kyle, TX-pretty highly populated towns on I-35. Their sources in the Hill Country had upwards of a foot of rain yesterday. Both rivers may approach or are at record flood levels. There are also flood warnings on creeks here in Austin this morning, and as I expected, lots of wind damage reports. Trees down, and reports of windows blown out and even a roof blown off. Also, mobile homes damaged in Dripping Springs just west of town from a possible tornado. There were most likely two brief spin ups west and nw of Austin last night. They were clear as day on radar. I'm telling you man, Weatherscope is a nice cheap radar app to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The tornadoes tonight luckily seem to be short-lived but hopefully not very intense (do debris signatures appear on weak tornadoes?). Sorry I missed this last night.To answer to the best of my knowledge: It depends on how much debris is being picked up but even weak tornadoes can have some sort of debris signature. A debris signature obviously becomes more apparent when you're dealing with a stronger tornado picking up more debris. You can use differential reflectivity (which shows you shape of objects) and correlation coefficient can tell you if you looking at rain hail, etc...and even debris. Also if you change to a higher tilt and still see a debris signature, you are probably dealing with a strong tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 A+ weather here today-just perfect for outdoor activities. Tomorrow looks like another one for parades and picnics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Tornadoes in the Austin area last night (look to be EF-1) https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201505250334-KEWX-NOUS44-PNSEWX The straight line winds look to have caused as much or more damage than the tornadoes. Austin-Bergstrom Airport suffered severe damage last night from the 75 mph winds that hit them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Enhanced Severe risk for much of TX tomorrow, threat especially again for straight line winds and tornadoes. If we can get any clearing, we should have a very active day along with more flooding rain on many populated areas barely past today's crest. We cleared out yesterday and made it to the mid-upper 80s with 70-73 dewpoints-was like providing a lit match for the dynamite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Reports of strong tornadoes in the Hill Country this afternoon. So far not much in Austin-just had a brief thundershower come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 the south tail of that MCS is going to dump copious rains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Tornado warning NW Travis and Williamson Counties. Storms that are forming are spinning up fast. The storm that just went over me might be developing rotation as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Tornado warning NW Travis and Williamson Counties. Storms that are forming are spinning up fast. The storm that just went over me might be developing rotation as well.you're about to see widespread flooding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 The tornadoes look to be about done for this area but now heavy rain is training overhead. It's been pouring here nonstop for almost 45 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I'm so jealous. We haven't seen rain like that in 4 years here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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