May Weather Discussions. Drougnt Continues For Houston

[Rip76]

Am I seeing the radar correctly?

[sleetstorm]

Look northwest at what may give SE Texas its next long overdue dose of beneficial rain.

[Rip76]

Of course, the line is falling apart.

[wxman57]

I don't expect any drought relief here until late July or August.

[srainhoutx]

I don't expect any drought relief here until late July or August.

And we all know how that drought relief will likely come by means of something tropical. Congrats on your contest win.

[txflagwaver]

I am thinking June...Allison type of event. Early tropical season

[wxman57]

I don't expect any drought relief here until late July or August.

And we all know how that drought relief will likely come by means of something tropical. Congrats on your contest win.

Yes, that's what I'm thinking - TC rain. Still have 10 days to go in May to get over 0.55" of rain in 1 day, so it's not won yet. But I dodged another bullet last evening. And then we have the June, July and August contests. Gets harder to find something to forecast that has many possibilities in the summer. For March, it was predicting the highest and lowest temps at IAH. I was 2 degrees off and won 2 points in March. For April, the challenge was to pick the total rain for the month. I picked 0.71" but someone picked 0.1" and was closest.

[srainhoutx]

Now if we could get a little daytime heating and a trigger, that boundary draped across the northern areas could fire off some storms this afternoon...

[srainhoutx]

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Central TX until 9:00PM...

[srainhoutx]

SPC expands and shifts Slight Risk ever so close to Metro Houston...will wxman57 be in trouble with that contest...?

[srainhoutx]

Looks like there may have been some tornado damage W of the Waco area...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
427 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CORYELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO
20 MILES WEST OF GATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM! SEEK SHELTER NOW! THIS STORM HAS ALREADY
DAMAGED SOME STRUCTURES.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GATESVILLE AND SOUTH MOUNTAIN AROUND 530 PM CDT...

[wxman57]

The rain should stay to our north again.

[texoz]

nasty stuff nw of Austin right now. 2 tornado warnings and hail the size of baseballs.

any storm reports?

[srainhoutx]

nasty stuff nw of Austin right now. 2 tornado warnings and hail the size of baseballs.

any storm reports?

These so far...stay safe...

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
849 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0848 PM HAIL BURNET 30.76N 98.23W
05/21/2011 E2.75 INCH BURNET TX CO-OP OBSERVER



PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
840 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0836 PM FUNNEL CLOUD BURNET 30.76N 98.23W
05/21/2011 BURNET TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

WALL CLOUD WITH ROTATION IN THE CITY OF BURNET.




PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0836 PM HAIL BURNET 30.76N 98.23W
05/21/2011 M2.75 INCH BURNET TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

BASEBALL HAIL IN THE CITY OF BURNET.

[srainhoutx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
904 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0853 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 SSW FLORENCE 30.79N 97.82W
05/21/2011 WILLIAMSON TX EMERGENCY MNGR

FLORENCE FIRE DEPARTMENT OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD.

[srainhoutx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
859 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0859 PM HAIL BURNET 30.76N 98.23W
05/21/2011 M1.75 INCH BURNET TX PUBLIC

[srainhoutx]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
910 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0904 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ANDICE 30.78N 97.85W
05/21/2011 WILLIAMSON TX TRAINED SPOTTER

ROTATING WALL CLOUD OVER THE CITY OF ANDICE.

[srainhoutx]

Yikes...

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
916 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0836 PM HAIL BURNET 30.76N 98.23W
05/21/2011 M4.00 INCH BURNET TX PUBLIC

GRAPEFRUIT SIZE HAIL FALLING IN NORTH CENTRAL BURNET.

[srainhoutx]

Williamson and Burnet County cells look to be weaker now. Grapefruit size hail report is very impressive none the less. I'd expect more reports later on those two storms.

[Rip76]

Something coming in from the gulf?