STORM2K

One very noticeable difference from last Friday is that surface winds are kicking! At least here in Collin County, there is some backing of winds.

Had to drop off trash and that storm just north of me in Haslet looked mean.

Hopefully as severe weather season progresses, we can get some storms or moisture out this way. Very windy and a mild dust storm up here today.

A frost or even freeze is still looking very likely generally north of I-10 Sunday morning. Before that though we have some big time storms to deal with today and tonight.

This is pretty concerning...

Got to give it to Bubba and Cheezy for sticking with it. The cells in the southwest is probably of most concern since they are more isolated with a lot of feed. Not everyone (especially FW and Westward) will see action but east side has a decent shot

Last cell in Tarrant is just barely going to my north unfortunately. Maybe some MINOR rotation...hesitate to even call it that.

Can see some very crisp updrafts off to the west.

Nothing says spring like a hodge podge of different weather events all packed in one satellite photo! This afternoon there's everything from the wind-blown sand from the Chihuahuan Desert spreading across West Texas and across the I-20 corridor, to the fires in western Oklahoma billowing smoke up the dry slot into central Kansas, to the blizzard conditions in Colorado and northwestern Kansas, and to the towering cumulonimbus developing across North Texas, eastern Oklahoma, and further north along the dry line and cold front.

Nice satellite shot there!

Yeah major bust in the models today all advancing the dry line too far east. Next Friday into Saturday looks interesting across much of the state. Could see the first big squall line track across a large part of TX for the first time in a while. The Panhandle could also see some very beneficial rainfall from that system.

Someone with better understanding can correct me, but from radar it looks like the dry line stalled west of Tarrsnt county. The storms that fired on it in the Metroplex have lost their support. I wonder if more storms may form later when the front pushes the dry line east?

gboudx wrote:Someone with better understanding can correct me, but from radar it looks like the dry line stalled west of Tarrsnt county. The storms that fired on it in the Metroplex have lost their support. I wonder if more storms may form later when the front pushes the dry line east?

I also agree that the dryline stalled across the state. It will now apparently await the cold front.

DFW proper got dry slotted with storms/line skirting on the north side and to the south.

Tornado warnings in the Arklatex region and Louisiana.

Storms starting to develop west of SA and Austin now. Bring on the rain!

Glad to see some areas to the south getting some rain. I wonder if there was just enough subsidence behind the morning wave to keep storms in check across DFW this afternoon? Skies did clear out pretty nicely while storms were still out to the west, a sign that we got some stable air across the area.

Some new cells trying to fire across Dallas County and according to SPC meso atmosphere is more favorable now than it was earlier this afternoon.

South Texas Storms wrote:Storms starting to develop west of SA and Austin now. Bring on the rain!

I think one was just severe warned west of Austin(?).

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
TXC031-053-299-453-491-140315-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0038.180414T0234Z-180414T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
934 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2018

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Williamson County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Travis County in south central Texas...
Northeastern Blanco County in south central Texas...
Southeastern Llano County in south central Texas...
Southern Burnet County in south central Texas...

* Until 1015 PM CDT

* At 934 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Marble Falls,
moving east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Burnet, Marble Falls,
Kingsland, Bertram, Round Mountain, Serenada, Leander, Lago Vista,
Granite Shoals, Horseshoe Bay, Meadowlakes, Liberty Hill, Florence,
Highland Haven, Spicewood, Georgetown Dam and Andice.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Wind picked up violently. Raining hard now, lightning and some pea sized hail mixed in.

56 mph gusts in Brownwood with the cold front currently.

Just briefly lost power 10 minutes ago in Jacksonville before the storm or wind even got here. It is closing in now, wind has picked up and thunder is rumbling in from the west. Hopefully I don't lose power again, otherwise besides the storm, it will make for a very boring Friday night.