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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#541 Postby Brent » Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:31 pm

Lets not with the SE movement
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#542 Postby Ntxw » Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:39 pm

Storm is now tornado warned. No doubts why

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#543 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:48 pm

Bases appear to be plenty low. Chasing by taking the train from downtown isn't ideal...
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#544 Postby Brent » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:09 pm

Ew hail just small so far
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#545 Postby Ntxw » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:10 pm

I've gotten half dollar to golfball hail near the airport in that storm
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#546 Postby starsfan65 » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:15 pm

Ntxw wrote:I've gotten half dollar to golfball hail near the airport in that storm
When is the cold front expected to hit DFW?
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#547 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:25 pm

Just beat this to the house, hail starting to pick up

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#548 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:26 pm

Looks like things are getting messy with cell mergers but will be glad when the cold front finally clears the area

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#549 Postby Cerlin » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:32 pm

Hearing reports from neighbor’s family about a funnel in McKinney, don’t know about how accurate that is, but i hope everyone is staying safe.
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#550 Postby Brent » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:32 pm

bubba hotep wrote:Looks like things are getting messy with cell mergers but will be glad when the cold front finally clears the area


Same here come on front
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#551 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:35 pm

Brent wrote:
bubba hotep wrote:Looks like things are getting messy with cell mergers but will be glad when the cold front finally clears the area


Same here come on front


3rd round of smallish hail here and just flooding rain
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#552 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:38 pm

Another nasty hail spike showing up with a forming hook

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#553 Postby Ntxw » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:47 pm

starsfan65 wrote:
Ntxw wrote:I've gotten half dollar to golfball hail near the airport in that storm
When is the cold front expected to hit DFW?


It is crossing DFW as we speak. These storms are the leading edge of the front
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#554 Postby Ntxw » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:48 pm

Maybe baseball size hail moving into SE Collin and Rockwall counties

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#555 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:52 pm

No big hail here yet but I've never seen it hail for this long!
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#556 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:02 pm

Going on 15+ min of steady hail but luckily not very big

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#557 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:16 pm

Another cell forming right on the cold front and moving through southern Collin County, we might be pushing 3" of rain.

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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#558 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:38 pm

Hwy 78 closed in Sachse due to flash flooding.
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#559 Postby downsouthman1 » Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:49 pm

A nasty cell seems to've decided to right turn, now heading SSE towards Austin metro.
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Re: Texas Spring 2018

#560 Postby bubba hotep » Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:02 pm

For cell NW of Austin

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