Texas Summer 2025

[snownado]

Storm over Lewisville is warned now, projected to head my way.

[Brent]

Yeah still looks like the big hyped up show for DFW is closer to midnight

[mmmmsnouts]

A watch before the main watch? That won't confuse anyone.

I bet there was a debate on whether or not to issue one continuous watch. But the threats are different enough that I think treating them separately is the smart move.

[Brent]

A watch before the main watch? That won't confuse anyone.

I bet there was a debate on whether or not to issue one continuous watch. But the threats are different enough that I think treating them separately is the smart move.

Yeah because the watch in Wichita Falls is a rare PDS. It's not a normal watch like DFW has now

[HockeyTx82]

Storm over Lewisville is warned now, projected to head my way.

It looks like an outflow is blowing west of it towards me.
I wonder if what implications that might have for later

[mmmmsnouts]

A watch before the main watch? That won't confuse anyone.

I bet there was a debate on whether or not to issue one continuous watch. But the threats are different enough that I think treating them separately is the smart move.

Yeah because the watch in Wichita Falls is a rare PDS. It's not a normal watch like DFW has now

Sorry, I meant “continuous” meaning it would cover both rounds of severe weather, rather than geographically continuous.

[snownado]

I bet there was a debate on whether or not to issue one continuous watch. But the threats are different enough that I think treating them separately is the smart move.

Yeah because the watch in Wichita Falls is a rare PDS. It's not a normal watch like DFW has now

Sorry, I meant “continuous” meaning it would cover both rounds of severe weather, rather than geographically continuous.

It's standard for watches to be 6 hours long. And that may very well be plenty of time.

They can always extend it or issue a new one, if needed.

[snownado]

Welp, that de-escalated quickly. Narly a drop of rain or thunder here.

Now it's waiting for the nighttime squall line, I suppose...

[HockeyTx82]

Any opinions on the latest hrrr?

[rwfromkansas]

The line out west doesn't seem to be that big or impressive yet, though I know it had some big winds. But, it's not the huge HRRR complex. But, I think that will come later.

[wxman22]

[Ntxw]

The line out west doesn't seem to be that big or impressive yet, though I know it had some big winds. But, it's not the huge HRRR complex. But, I think that will come later.

It's been messy up to the northwest, some severe for sure but slow to congeal. Would be funny to have another one split the metroplex before it lines up to the east.

[rwfromkansas]

Looks like we are dodging a bullet again. Didn't want that kind of crazy wind, so I don't mind, but after sounding the alarm on social media, I kind of feel foolish now.

[HockeyTx82]

Looks like we are dodging a bullet again. Didn't want that kind of crazy wind, so I don't mind, but after sounding the alarm on social media, I kind of feel foolish now.

What makes you think that

[rwfromkansas]

Looks like we are dodging a bullet again. Didn't want that kind of crazy wind, so I don't mind, but after sounding the alarm on social media, I kind of feel foolish now.

What makes you think that

Saw a met post that it's significantly underperforming in S OK.

[Ntxw]

Looks like we are dodging a bullet again. Didn't want that kind of crazy wind, so I don't mind, but after sounding the alarm on social media, I kind of feel foolish now.

A congealing line coming through with high winds and very heavy rain is still likely imo. But whether it's 70mph gusts or 100mph at a specific locale, it still qualifies for the risk factors painted by the spc.

A strong MCS in the northern US is earth shattering, for us...It's spring! (Or early summer in this case ).

[Brent]

PDS watch for DFW mentions 100 mph winds

Though I will say so far I'm not overly impressed at the radar considering the hype

[rwfromkansas]

After that post, there is 100 mph winds on that cell headed toward Abilene.

So maybe it just took awhile to get going. Hope not. I can handle 65 mph or so, not 100!

[HockeyTx82]

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0399.html

They are all in......

What are we missing?

[South Texas Storms]

Everything is playing out about as expected right now. The cluster is still in the process of forming. Some areas will likely get lucky and see wind gusts in the 50-60 mph range. Other unlucky ones will get hit by 80-100 mph gusts. Won't be able to tell the hardest hit areas until maybe an hour before the storm complex arrives.