Texas Spring-2015

[ravyrn]

Tornado footage near Pidcoke, TX -- Warning expletive language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYaM7ESytiQ

Yet another tornado video where the footage ends for no apparent reason (the tornado was not coming right at them, it was moving parallel or just about), this is oh just the 14th billionth video to cut in the middle of the twister...

To be fair, the wind was picking up towards the end of the video. I'd rather see a tornado video from someone being cautious as opposed to someone being an idiot. I think it's rather unfair of you to complain about the video when the person taking it put safety first.

[Shoshana]

As of 4:30 pm we've had almost 4" of rain and it's still coming down hard. This is on top of the 12.9" I've measured since May 5 (that big overnight storm).

[weatherdude1108]

Siren actually went off in Cedar Park.
It was north of us. We hung out in the downstairs bathroom during siren. Came out for five minutes. Then another warning in central Travis County. Went back in until warning boxes disappeared. A good 1.5 hours. Had phone and radio. Glad it is done! Me no like that. Did get 2.5 inches this afternoon.

[Shoshana]

Siren actually went off in Cedar Park.
It was north of us. We hung out in the downstairs bathroom during siren. Came out for five minutes. Then another warning in central Travis County. Went back in until warning boxes disappeared. A good 1.5 hours. Had phone and radio. Glad it is done! Me no like that. Did get 2.5 inches this afternoon.

We don't have sirens in Austin but when my weather radio went off, my weather app and the tv started screeching, we went into the bathroom postehaste and were in there for a while. Had the dog, weather radio, laptop and phone

Edited to add: as of 5:18 we had 5" in the rain gauge. I had to dump the water. Still raining but not as hard. Back half of our yard underwater for the first time ever. Been here 14 years.

[WeatherNewbie]

High water rescues ongoing in Austin.

This is at 12th and Lamar per this https://twitter.com/Sandra_Diesel/status/602960448137207808/photo/1

[WeatherNewbie]

It stopped raining here in Richardson 30 minutes ago, but we have just had two VERY close lightning strikes in the last couple minutes.

[ravyrn]

TORNADO WARNING
TXC001-252330-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0101.150525T2307Z-150525T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
607 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REESE...OR 12 MILES WEST
OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY.

[Ralph's Weather]

I thought I was gonna miss the heavy rains, but pieces of heavy rain keep breaking off and heading northeast from the main line to my south so I am up around 1.5" now.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

HRRR shows the line missing me SW of Houston.

[Ntxw]

Some of the more dramatic scenes of the day came out of Austin and surrounding areas. The flooding that went on near downtown was something else.

[weatherdude1108]

Siren actually went off in Cedar Park.
It was north of us. We hung out in the downstairs bathroom during siren. Came out for five minutes. Then another warning in central Travis County. Went back in until warning boxes disappeared. A good 1.5 hours. Had phone and radio. Glad it is done! Me no like that. Did get 2.5 inches this afternoon.

We don't have sirens in Austin but when my weather radio went off, my weather app and the tv started screeching, we went into the bathroom postehaste and were in there for a while. Had the dog, weather radio, laptop and phone

Edited to add: as of 5:18 we had 5" in the rain gauge. I had to dump the water. Still raining but not as hard. Back half of our yard underwater for the first time ever. Been here 14 years.

Yeah, had the wife, dog, kid, phone, and weather radio. The radar fritzed out on the phone when the central austin warning was going on. So had to go to the NWS to see the current warnings and listen to radio. I don't know how people do it in Oklahoma!

Our entire backyard was standing water, up near door back porch. Never seen water in grass by back porch in the 9 years I have been here. I have emptied the rain gauge several times (measures to 6 inches) overy the past month (not 6 inches every time). I have lost count.
Lake Travis is looking better!

[davidiowx]

HRRR shows the line missing me SW of Houston.

It's looking like it will fill in as it approaches. It's gonna get ugly around here soon. The photos out of the Austin and surrounding areas are unreal

[Shoshana]

Siren actually went off in Cedar Park.
It was north of us. We hung out in the downstairs bathroom during siren. Came out for five minutes. Then another warning in central Travis County. Went back in until warning boxes disappeared. A good 1.5 hours. Had phone and radio. Glad it is done! Me no like that. Did get 2.5 inches this afternoon.

We don't have sirens in Austin but when my weather radio went off, my weather app and the tv started screeching, we went into the bathroom postehaste and were in there for a while. Had the dog, weather radio, laptop and phone

Edited to add: as of 5:18 we had 5" in the rain gauge. I had to dump the water. Still raining but not as hard. Back half of our yard underwater for the first time ever. Been here 14 years.

Yeah, had the wife, dog, kid, phone, and weather radio. The radar fritzed out on the phone when the central austin warning was going on. So had to go to the NWS to see the current warnings and listen to radio. I don't know how people do it in Oklahoma!

Our entire backyard was standing water, up near door back porch. Never seen water in grass by back porch in the 9 years I have been here. I have emptied the rain gauge several times (measures to 6 inches) overy the past month (not 6 inches every time). I have lost count.
Lake Travis is looking better!

Lake Travis will be 75% by next week at this rate! We need water in Buchanan.

We got another .10, so all told our back yard has seen 18" of rain since I started keeping track on the 5th of May. The far end of our yard had actual running water. I knew that happened, I've seen it before because it goes to a dry creek. But we had standing water and running water halfway up the hill to our house. Crazy. And are they still talking tropical system? I feel like we just had a tropical system go thru!

[weatherdude1108]

Yeah, had the wife, dog, kid, phone, and weather radio. The radar fritzed out on the phone when the central austin warning was going on. So had to go to the NWS to see the current warnings and listen to radio. I don't know how people do it in Oklahoma!

Our entire backyard was standing water, up near door back porch. Never seen water in grass by back porch in the 9 years I have been here. I have emptied the rain gauge several times (measures to 6 inches) overy the past month (not 6 inches every time). I have lost count.
Lake Travis is looking better![/quote]

Lake Travis will be 75% by next week at this rate! We need water in Buchanan.

We got another .10, so all told our back yard has seen 18" of rain since I started keeping track on the 5th of May. The far end of our yard had actual running water. I knew that happened, I've seen it before because it goes to a dry creek. But we had standing water and running water halfway up the hill to our house. Crazy. And are they still talking tropical system? I feel like we just had a tropical system go thru![/quote]

Not sure. Had not heard since yesterday about the tropical system. Maybe Buchanan can get some of that. Buchanan is slowly rising.

I know! Feels like all of these storms have been tropical systems. I am AMAZED at the amount of water these thunderstorms have been producing! El Nino Pacific connection adding mid and high level moisture for the storms to tap into. Amazing how quickly multi-year low lake levels change in a matter of weeks/days!

[TheProfessor]

looks like the models want to develop that system that's close to Mexico, It's already looking like next weekend could be a repeat, a tropical system could make it even more interesting.

[Tireman4]

Windy, very windy in Humble. Rain coming down at a good pace. Lightning and thunder....No hail..

[Ntxw]

Stay safe there Tireman4. We are working on the Summer of wxman57's discontent by putting down all this rain. A summer the likes that we have not seen for ages! How about 1905? Multi-year Nino

Rainfall predictions creeping back up again

[TeamPlayersBlue]

HRRR shows the line missing me SW of Houston.

It's looking like it will fill in as it approaches. It's gonna get ugly around here soon. The photos out of the Austin and surrounding areas are unreal

Yeah situation has changed now, were going to get that slow moving sloth of rain. I saw 2.5" per hour within those storms. The 500MB chart is showing a shortwave situated with it. Also, what is the 'N' on the 500MB chart? Always wondered what that is.

also, good source for lightening strikes? It is seriously non-stop lightening over here.

[Texas Snowman]

@BreakingNews: 1 person dead, 4 injured after tornado-warned storm destroys homes in Milam County, Texas - @weatherchannel http://t.co/6TVz2dgpBI

[TeamPlayersBlue]

Well its hitting me. Insane lightening continues, now the skys just really opened up.