Texas Spring 2019

[WacoWx]

Yukon, burkburnett gonna get a shot here. Be safe.

[Cpv17]

Yukon, burkburnett gonna get a shot here. Be safe.

There even appears to be a debris ball being picked up on radar.

[WacoWx]

Velocity looks to be cycling just in time to be more tornadic right around the city center

[Cpv17]

Velocity looks to be cycling just in time to be more tornadic right around the city center

Tomorrow will probably be just as active.

[Cpv17]

Joplin is getting hit by another pretty significant tornado on the same exact date as the monster that destroyed them 8 years ago.. yikes.

[Brent]

Joplin is getting hit by another pretty significant tornado on the same exact date as the monster that destroyed them 8 years ago.. yikes.

yeah looks like a big wedge went through an area just north

[rwfromkansas]

Looks like several towns maybe hit north of Joplin. Damage reports from at least one...

[rwfromkansas]

Reflectivity shows what appears to be heavy rain in the tornado. Isolated. Is that debris?

[WacoWx]

Looks like a debris ball with those blue returns near Joplin

[Cpv17]

They’re already calling tonight the biggest tornado outbreak in years.

[Brent]

Reflectivity shows what appears to be heavy rain in the tornado. Isolated. Is that debris?

Yeah it spiked after hitting that town above Joplin Carl Junction

[rwfromkansas]

Apparently Jefferson City took a direct hit. I saw on radar the storm was basically aiming right for them, but I assumed it would be weakened by the time it hit them. Didn’t even watch radar. That was one monster tornado-producer.

[Tireman4]

Apparently Jefferson City took a direct hit. I saw on radar the storm was basically aiming right for them, but I assumed it would be weakened by the time it hit them. Didn’t even watch radar. That was one monster tornado-producer.

Jefferson City is the capital of Missouri. The tornado was really intense on radar, from the Weather Channel at the time I was watching. Gracious.

In Jefferson City, the state capital, there is extensive damage along Ellis Boulevard near Highway 54. Power lines are down. Traffic is being diverted as @MSHPTrooperGHQ & local first responders go door-to-door. Consider all power lines live.
Stay out of areas with damage. #MoWx

[Cerlin]

Prayers to all in Jefferson City, that thing was a monster...

[Yukon Cornelius]

Yukon, burkburnett gonna get a shot here. Be safe.

It’s been a wild spring so far up this way. Luckily it went just North of me. It gave its best shot and tried to drop funnels numerous times but just couldn’t make them to the ground before losing rotation.

[Haris]

You don’t need to check models. You can tell by the activity levels on here if there is a high pressure ridge over the area or not.

[gpsnowman]

You don’t need to check models. You can tell by the activity levels on here if there is a high pressure ridge over the area or not.

Yep and it has been retrograding westward ever so slightly keeping storms well north and west of here. Boring times ahead for sure.

[Ntxw]

Upper 80s and lower 90s is not terrible for late May. It's about what it should be.

This is why most of us loathe summer with the summer thread mostly dead. It slowly gets boring..posts decrease...most go into hibernation until Fall. Getting the spring thread close to 100 pages is not terrible.

In Texas summer is inevitable, it is a right of passage whether we like it or not!

[bubba hotep]

Looks like a really nice holiday weekend for the DFW area and then rain chances return next week. Once we get into June things look somewhat encouraging for the N & NW portions of the state. Long range teleconnections and models point to the SE ridge relaxing a bit bit mostly holding steady, a relaxation would allow for a wetter /cooler to return to areas north of I20.

[weatherdude1108]

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FXUS64 KEWX 241819
AFDEWX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
119 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

.AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/

Deep low level moisture, a tight pressure gradient and a strong cap
aloft will allow for a few streamer showers to drift near the AUS
terminal this afternoon. VFR cumulus should lower to MVFR cigs by
around 03Z at SAT/SSF and 04Z at AUS. Buoyant moisture and nocturnal
wind enhancements aloft should keep skies from dropping into IFR
overngiht, but there could be additional chances of streamer showers
by daybreak Saturday. In persistence fashion, the low cigs should
return to VFR by around 17Z or 18Z.

We actually just got some sprinkles/light rain here at work. Of course it happened right after I wiped down the vehicle with some spray wash/wax stuff at lunch to shine it up for my trip to SA to see my parents, of course it did! Never fails. I went with the previous forecast of it being dry for at least 10 days. Ah well. That'll teach me.