destructive hail near Houston

[WXBUFFJIM]

A busy evening this evening. Austin, Fort Bend, and Montgomery Counties in southeast Texas are all under tornado warnings at this time. All are doppler indicated tornadoes. Just got a recent report from Magnolia in Montgomery COunty, TX of grapefruit sized hailstones. Storms west of Houston are expected to produced golfball to baseball sized hail. Some isolated areas could see Grapefruit sized hailstones throughout the early evening. Very destructive and deadly hailstones if you're not taking shelter inside a sturdy building on the lowest floor.

0604 PM HAIL MAGNOLIA 30.21N 95.75W
04/10/2004 4.25 INCH MONTGOMERY TX AMATEUR RADIO

REPORTED IN THE TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION.

[therock1811]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
737 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HEDWIG
VILLAGE...OR ABOUT OVER MEADOWS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE THE MEDICAL CENTER...
HOBBY AIRPORT...THE GALLERIA...ASTROWORLD...WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE...SPRING VALLEY...SOUTH HOUSTON...JACINTO CITY...HOUSTON...
GALENA PARK AND BELLAIRE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

[Anonymous]

4.25" hail probably did some serious damage! Let's hope the immediate Houston area does not have to deal with that or any tornadic activity.

[Corona]

Yah, that cold front built some pretty high cum's which are on their wayward East - heads up. VBH - what did you get?

[Guest]

A busy evening this evening. Austin, Fort Bend, and Montgomery Counties in southeast Texas are all under tornado warnings at this time. All are doppler indicated tornadoes. Just got a recent report from Magnolia in Montgomery COunty, TX of grapefruit sized hailstones. Storms west of Houston are expected to produced golfball to baseball sized hail. Some isolated areas could see Grapefruit sized hailstones throughout the early evening. Very destructive and deadly hailstones if you're not taking shelter inside a sturdy building on the lowest floor.

0604 PM HAIL MAGNOLIA 30.21N 95.75W
04/10/2004 4.25 INCH MONTGOMERY TX AMATEUR RADIO

REPORTED IN THE TURTLE CREEK SUBDIVISION.

That size hail in southeast Texas! Gosh, those storms ought of been hunkering the 70,000 foot level!