Texas Spring-2015

[Brent]

[Texas Snowman]

Large (maybe 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile wide) tornado on the ground SW of OKC Metro.

Again.

[Texas Snowman]

Headed for Tuttle, Mustang and west side of OKC.

[TheProfessor]

Heavy rain here in San Antonio, i'm not sure where I'm exactly at though. Water is starting to cover up the parking lot at my hotel.

[Texas Snowman]

OKC has reached and soon will exceed it's rainfall record for the month of May (14.52 inches...and counting).

[TexasF6]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0198.html

[Shoshana]

Heavy rain here in San Antonio, i'm not sure where I'm exactly at though. Water is starting to cover up the parking lot at my hotel.

Be careful. San Antonio floods easily and often. We once got got caught in a flood on .Loop 410 under an underpass.

[TheProfessor]

Heavy rain here in San Antonio, i'm not sure where I'm exactly at though. Water is starting to cover up the parking lot at my hotel.

Be careful. San Antonio floods easily and often. We once got got caught in a flood on .Loop 410 under an underpass.

Yeah, the good thing is my family knows the dangers of flooded roads, my dad is from Huston and spent summers in San Antonio. The most dangerous time here is if we are going to be traveling in the dark where it's harder to see roads.

[Tireman4]

The real action, rainwise, will start tomorrow for Houston. Buckle up

[TheProfessor]

There are some 3 inch per hour rainfall rates southwest of San Antonio.

[TheProfessor]

Intense rain in San Antonio right now. Roads are beginning to flood.

[TheProfessor]

My dad took my sister and I to the hotel were my parents were attending a wedding at because its up hill, we may not make it back to our hotel tonight due to flooding.

[Texas Snowman]

Over 3 inches of rain in OKC today, Norman NWS says daily record of 4-inches plus will likely fall.

OKC now sitting at 17.61 inches of rain for May 2015. Just unreal, unreal.

Seeing photos coming out of the Texas Hill Country of massive flooding along the Frio and Blanco Rivers.

And Lake Texoma is now about six-inches from topping the spillway.

Pretty unreal run of wet weather.

[Ntxw]

My dad took my sister and I to the hotel were my parents were attending a wedding at because its up hill, we may not make it back to our hotel tonight due to flooding.

Stay safe and heed the flood warnings. A couple of tornado warnings were also in the SA area.

Meanwhile here in North Texas a train is setting up over Dallas county (central and western side) heading from south to north.

[Shoshana]

Tornado Warning in and near Austin. Bow echo, severe thunderstorm warning. Currently can't cut n paste actual warning

[Cyclenall]

I would really like to see this for Houston. We seriously dont see the sun after 10 am anymore. Ever.

Houston (IAH) to date

Partly/Mostly Cloudy days - 127
Clear days - 15

Days with QPF 0.01 or more - 58

Depression.

Now you know what its like to be in many parts of Canada during the winter - its actually worse here with weeks non-stop of overcast and to get no sun for what seems like the whole season. Depression is the only word for it, and it sucks more than one might think.

[JayDT]

We've gotten a lot of rain so far here around Duncanville!. More than half of our backyard is like a pond right now.

[weatherdude1108]

Lake Travis WILL get a boost.

Summary Last Update: May 23 2015 10:14PM
As of 10:15 PM, Saturday May 23:
The Pedernales River near Johnson City has risen to 37,900 cfs, over five feet above flood stage, and appears to reaching a peak. Miller Creek continues to rise to 41,090 cfs, and will flow into the Pedernales River below Johnson City. Flat Rock Creek near Pedernales State Park appears to have peaked at 27,950 cfs and has fallen to 25,900 cfs in fifteen minutes. Full hydro generation is in operation at Wirtz and Starcke dams as storm runoff is passed through. A partial gate has been opened at Starcke Dam to maintain Lake Marble Falls within normal operating range. Lake LBJ will be maintained near the bottom of the usual operating ranges until the higher inflows are passed. Inks lake and Lake Austin will be maintained within their usual operating ranges.
There are extremely hazardous conditions in the Pedernales River watershed due to big increase in streamflow of the Pedernales River, which will enter Lake Travis at Pace Bend.
Rainfall continues to moving up from the south across the Colorado River watershed. The most significant rain has been the Pedernales River Basin with total as high as 8.26 inches. The general rainfall over the entire basin ranges from 0.30-0.60 cfs in the Llano and San Saba basins. The forecast calls for additional rains and lasting through the weekend.
[b]Based on current conditions, Lake Travis is expected to rise quickly to 641-643 feet msl tomorrow. Lake Buchanan is also expected to continue to rise slowly[/b].

http://floodstatus.lcra.org

[Rgv20]

Something you don't see everyday!

Yellow--Tornado Watch
Pink--Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Green--Flash Flood Watch
Red--Flash Flood Warning

[Ntxw]

We are living through something very unusual. Years from now we'll look back reading NWS articles about the Flood of 2015. When dramatic drought and extremely low lake levels in the matter of months quickly went the other way. April broke way and May the skies opened and relentlessly rained for days on end. Near stage 5 restrictions in the Falls to evacuating thousands of homes in the very place that was dry as a bone. Will be quite a read.