Yeah - yesterday was a sustained EF1/2 tornado in H-town. Prayers to the families who lost loved ones.

Looks like it's ride or die in Houston with Hurricane season. I turned town the job offer in NC. The VP and I just couldn't come to terms, and he got upset that I was actually trying to negotiate after he made the initial offer. Said "it's late in the game to negotiate". That was a big tu...

The downdrafts from last night. If I could understand that, I’d be a rich man. Unfortunately, that’s well beyond my brain. It was a snowplow outflow boundary from a rapidly moving intense supercell. What was the height? - it had to be >50,000 ft. It was like night over College Station as the cell p...

You know normally i would complain about the heat, but i would be very thankful if that heat ridge would expand northward even just for a week, we need a good quiet and dry stretch, prayers up for those effected by these storms, texas needs a break If power can be restored quickly for most who lost...

Equivalent of a CAT 2-3 eyewall heading into Houston. Radar indicated winds 120 mph gusts. It really was like being in a hurricane eyewall. I don’t usually get scared of the weather but I had to go into an interior room because it was getting legitimately scary. Unbelievable. As I wrote earlier, it...

591K without power in Harris Co. alone.

https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas

We got lucky up in CLL with lots of rain only. The two supercells that came through produced the darkest skies I've ever seen caused by any T-storm.

don wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:50 pm So much for Matt Lanza… This is by far the strongest winds I’ve ever seen outside of Hurricane Ike. There is damage EVERYWHERE the scariest situation I’ve been in weather wise.

Yes - Storm chasers are comparing this storm to Ike-level damage.

Potentially 477K without power.

Debris signature near I-10 and 90A heading SE. Tornado Warning issued May 16 at 6:42PM CDT until May 16 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over northwestern Pasadena, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and qu...

High tension power poles down near Cypress.

300K without power.

Tornado Warning 5/16/2024 18:34 CDT through 5/16/2024 19:00 CDT Tornado Warning issued May 16 at 6:34PM CDT until May 16 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX TORHGX The National Weather Service in League City has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northwestern Galveston County in southeastern Te...

Serious wind damage happening now.

Equivalent of a CAT 2-3 eyewall heading into Houston. Radar indicated winds 120 mph gusts.

jabcwb2 wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:25 pm

ajurcat wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:19 pm It's coming into BW8 & Fairbanks N Houston

Wind? Tornado?

Both

200,000 without power.

Reaching I-10 and I-610. Tornado warning extended to area around Rice U.

don wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:20 pm HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE MOVING INTO HOUSTON. THIS IS NOT A DRILL

THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR THE HOUSTON METRO AREA.

HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts.

120,000 folks without power on the west side of Houston. 80-120+ mph wind gusts.

don wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:03 pm Very concerned with the embedded hook echo moving into Cyfair.


Screenshot 2024-05-16 at 17-59-54 NWS Radar.png

This cell produced a tornado near Giddings earlier.

Jersey Village is in the path of the tornado. Headed toward populated areas.

Todd Mission - 75 mph straightline winds

Hook Echo heading to Cypress.

90 mph winds headed to Hwy 99 SW of Cypress.

Tornado Warning issued May 16 at 5:50PM CDT until May 16 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX At 550 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Waller, or 8 miles southeast of Prairie View, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail. ...