Texas Fall 2023

[utpmg]

Also, 1.9" in the gauge.

[utpmg]

Had my old roof replaced in Spring 2021 after a hail storm; then had more roof damage during the terrible ice storm in February this year, now this. Insurance company had already tried to drop me.

[Ntxw]

Some long range of the models are showing hints of cooler air. Real or not will take anything at this point, any kind of hope.

[Portastorm]

I was busy working last night’s event for the NWS, so I didn’t get to post here. But that was one of the most prolific hailstorms I’ve seen here in my 39 years in Austin. At one point I checked the cloud tops via RadarScope and I was getting some 60,000 tops readings. Incredible!

[weatherdude1108]

I was busy working last night’s event for the NWS, so I didn’t get to post here. But that was one of the most prolific hailstorms I’ve seen here in my 39 years in Austin. At one point I checked the cloud tops via RadarScope and I was getting some 60,000 tops readings. Incredible!

I was driving in from Houston last night and got to Austin around 6:30. Those cloud tops were menacing! Perfect cumulonimbus and anvil top in the distance with lightning emanating from it. Couldn't safely get a pic. Managed to get home before it hit.

Such widespread large hail! Lived here since 2006. 2009 was bad, but nothing like this! We have a friend who lives near Round Rock High School who got GRAPEFRUIT sized hail! We got a few sprinkles with a lightning show and distant thunder, and nothing else.

Seemed to concentrate along the I35 corridor in the most urban part. Got to 103. That heat along with a nearby front catapulted that hot, humid air into the freezing layer. I wonder if that hot air got enhanced along the urban heat island where the biggest hail was(?). That was crazy. We have a friend whose son got a new roof last week. He got hammered last night.

I feel like the weather has become more abnormal than normal the last few years (ntense heat/drought, intense icestorms/hailstorms, etc.).

[utpmg]

This was the worst that's my house, by far, going back to 1959. But there was a worse hail/wind event about ten years ago. Just south of me in Windsor Park-I only got 'normal' hail. But closer to 51st and then Morris Williams (putting greens destroyed) and over campus (Tower had windows knocked out and the old greenhouse destroyed) was the worst I've ever seen. Grapefruit sized hail. Trees snapped off at ground level along 38th. Not sure of the date.

[jasons2k]

That’s some crazy hail.
It was just another tease down here.
Before:


After:

[tajmahal]

0.55 inches last night at my house. No hail. Monthly total so far is 2.69 inches.

Austin Camp Mabry's climate record average for September is 3.28 inches.

[jasons2k]

Whatever was coming this way fell apart right on cue.

[mmmmsnouts]

The power went out at my house and I had to go to my office to get work done last night. On the drive to Las Colinas it was non-stop lightning flashes in the distance. I grew up in Florida with daily summer thunderstorms and that lightning was as bad as anything I remember from living there.

[rwfromkansas]

Had my old roof replaced in Spring 2021 after a hail storm; then had more roof damage during the terrible ice storm in February this year, now this. Insurance company had already tried to drop me.

I am sorry.

My homeowner's insurance went from $600 in 2015 to $2300, with most of that increase this year. It's insane, but worse if you can't even get it...

And I have no claims for hail, but Texas overall is getting slammed with insurance rates.

[Ntxw]

Had my old roof replaced in Spring 2021 after a hail storm; then had more roof damage during the terrible ice storm in February this year, now this. Insurance company had already tried to drop me.

I am sorry.

My homeowner's insurance went from $600 in 2015 to $2300, with most of that increase this year. It's insane, but worse if you can't even get it...

And I have no claims for hail, but Texas overall is getting slammed with insurance rates.

Some insurance companies are also limiting coverage for roofs so do check policy. A part of it is inflation (cost to repair goes up) and not just disasters but all of it comes together to hit the pockets.

Hail does nothing for me. Being under one is not the same as watching it hit somewhere else on radar.

[Cpv17]

All this hail talk makes me happy about where I live. Hail in my location is rare. Especially anything bigger than nickel size.

[utpmg]

Had my old roof replaced in Spring 2021 after a hail storm; then had more roof damage during the terrible ice storm in February this year, now this. Insurance company had already tried to drop me.

I am sorry.

My homeowner's insurance went from $600 in 2015 to $2300, with most of that increase this year. It's insane, but worse if you can't even get it...

And I have no claims for hail, but Texas overall is getting slammed with insurance rates.

Some insurance companies are also limiting coverage for roofs so do check policy. A part of it is inflation (cost to repair goes up) and not just disasters but all of it comes together to hit the pockets.

Hail does nothing for me. Being under one is not the same as watching it hit somewhere else on radar.

Yeah, Insurance is getting totally whacky. Policy expires in November: first, non-renewal offer due to "trees on roof." (not true any more)-So then new policy renewal offered but reading the policy-"No roof because of its age". What? It's two years old! So...

[utpmg]

Also...speaking of radar. The radar last night seemed oddly mis-timed with what actually was happening on the ground here (Windsor Park 78723). Just the opposite of a radar delay, the radar showed all the 'bad stuff' mostly passed through on the way south when my heaviest and biggest hail occurred.

[weatherdude1108]

I am sorry.

My homeowner's insurance went from $600 in 2015 to $2300, with most of that increase this year. It's insane, but worse if you can't even get it...

And I have no claims for hail, but Texas overall is getting slammed with insurance rates.

Some insurance companies are also limiting coverage for roofs so do check policy. A part of it is inflation (cost to repair goes up) and not just disasters but all of it comes together to hit the pockets.

Hail does nothing for me. Being under one is not the same as watching it hit somewhere else on radar.

Yeah, Insurance is getting totally whacky. Policy expires in November: first, non-renewal offer due to "trees on roof." (not true any more)-So then new policy renewal offered but reading the policy-"No roof because of its age". What? It's two years old! So...

Two years??? I got my roof replaced in July after the June golfballs we had here. Our roofer said to check insurance, because there is a depreciation clause. They're saying when you hit the 15-year old mark, they'll insure for A LOT less because of the age. Ours would have been 15-years old next year, and our deductible is really low. So we got in at the last minute.

[Brent]

Some long range of the models are showing hints of cooler air. Real or not will take anything at this point, any kind of hope.

Been noticing it here for a couple days. Showing highs in the 70s by the second week of October

[SoupBone]

This Summer and the beginning of Fall have been one cruel joke here in NW Houston. I have only had a light drizzle twice that lasted only a few minutes each time, just enough to mist the plants and ground. It's getting to be very concerning for me that we keep missing these rain opportunities, to the point that I have no idea what's causing this to continue. Totally missed out on whatever was supposed to happen today, as usual. Big goose egg.

[Iceresistance]

I am sorry.

My homeowner's insurance went from $600 in 2015 to $2300, with most of that increase this year. It's insane, but worse if you can't even get it...

And I have no claims for hail, but Texas overall is getting slammed with insurance rates.

Some insurance companies are also limiting coverage for roofs so do check policy. A part of it is inflation (cost to repair goes up) and not just disasters but all of it comes together to hit the pockets.

Hail does nothing for me. Being under one is not the same as watching it hit somewhere else on radar.

Yeah, Insurance is getting totally whacky. Policy expires in November: first, non-renewal offer due to "trees on roof." (not true any more)-So then new policy renewal offered but reading the policy-"No roof because of its age". What? It's two years old! So...

In my lifetime, I only had the roof replaced once, and that was after Softballs in 2011

[TropicalTundra]

Had some nickel-sized hail last night which is decently rare here, luckily no damage to any of my windows or car windshield.

Also got about an inch which i'll take any day of the week.