Contest! First Fun-derstorm Day

[wxdata]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1057 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
CENTRAL MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1048 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
MILES WEST OF MARKHAM...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF PALACIOS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO SARGENT...MIDFIELD...BLESSING...VAN VLECK...SWEENY AND
BAY CITY.

[wxdata]

Temperatures in the 30's not that far behind the front..

[srainhoutx]

Temperatures in the 30's not that far behind the front..

-sn in Junction and some other areas of the Edwards Plateau as well.

[wxdata]

NWS:

"Pea size hail in bay city around 1125am. Also a report of "larger" hail in Blessing around 11."

[sleetstorm]

Baytown is currently getting rain now with a current temperature in the lower sixties.

[srainhoutx]

A lot more thunder now with elevated storms in NW Harris County.

[sleetstorm]

Wow1 These thunderstorms have significantly weakened prior reaching the city of Baytown. I am not even seeing any lightning or hearing any thunder.

[sleetstorm]

I am happy for those of you who received thrills from some these severe thunderstorms.

[Ptarmigan]

I honestly don't know, but our statistician might.


What kills more Americans. Severe thunderstorms, or winter precip. Avalanches, exposure, and driving accidents. In inverse order, probably.

Driving accidents kill more Americans than severe thunderstorms, winter precipitation, avalanches, and exposures combined. Let's see.

Thunderstorms
157 Deaths Annually On Average
208 Deaths Annually On Average (1979-2008)
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/weweb/Research ... ts/DDS.pdf
http://www.weather.gov/os/hazstats.shtml

Winter Weather
33 Deaths Annually On Average (1999-2008)
http://www.weather.gov/os/hazstats.shtml

Avalanches
20 Deaths Annually On Average
http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... hite-death

Exposures (Cold and Heat)
183 Deaths Annually On Average (1999-2008)
Heat=162 (1999-2008)
Cold=21 (1999-2008)
http://www.weather.gov/os/hazstats.shtml

Driving Accidents
37,261 Deaths In 2008
41,829 Deaths Annually On Average (1994-2008)
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

Pick your poison. Americans have a far better chance of getting killed in car accidents than any of the weather events.

[wxdata]

OK Ed, is today (Sunday) a Fun-derstorm day?

[Ptarmigan]

OK Ed, is today (Sunday) a Fun-derstorm day?

Same here.