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Small shower in Burleson County this morning. Perhaps a bit more activity across that area later today...
Carla/Alicia/Jerry(In The Eye)/Michelle/Charley/Ivan/Dennis/Katrina/Rita/Wilma/Humberto/Ike/Harvey

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Depressing:
About 1.22 inches of rain fell at DFW Airport on Tuesday, bringing the total for the month to close to eight inches, which is almost twice as much as the normal May rainfall.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/24 ... z1NNGZ8oEm
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jasons wrote:Depressing:
About 1.22 inches of rain fell at DFW Airport on Tuesday, bringing the total for the month to close to eight inches, which is almost twice as much as the normal May rainfall.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/24 ... z1NNGZ8oEm
Yeah, a case for the haves and the have nots. We just happen to be the have nots in Metro Houston and points S. The 12ZWRF is not impressed with our chances today either.
Carla/Alicia/Jerry(In The Eye)/Michelle/Charley/Ivan/Dennis/Katrina/Rita/Wilma/Humberto/Ike/Harvey

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Looks like a 15% chance of significant hail on that graphic, Ed, but I'd say the glass is closer to 1/100th full.
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700mb temps remain above 10C across much of the region (still enough of a cap aloft) and without any significant forcing along the front/dry line up to our north, unfortunately I would not expect much if any development this evening.
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It looks like some activity is starting to fire up along a line of TC from just northeast of Austin across our northern counties. Radar starting to pick up some returns in Bastrop and Grimes counties. Be advised that some of these storms could go severe with large hail being the main threat this evening as the atmosphere is quite unstable.
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
814 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
WESTERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM 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 13
MILES WEST OF HUNTSVILLE STATE PARK...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUNTSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO NEW WAVERLY AND HUNTSVILLE.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
850 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 842 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
MILES WEST OF LAKE SOMERVILLE DAM...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GIDDINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO SOMERVILLE...LAKE SOMERVILLE...BRENHAM AND SNOOK.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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We might and I stress we might get some rain...out of this cell...if it can hold together...

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incredible lightning off to our WNW - hope we don't get hail, but would love the rain
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
930 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
CENTRAL GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
WALKER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 918 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF NAVASOTA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
COLLEGE STATION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF
STORMS MAY COLLIDE WITH A DEVELOPING LINE OF STORMS TO THE
NORTHEAST...POSSIBLY OVER GRIMES OR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY LATER
IN THE PERIOD.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO ROANS PRAIRIE...RICHARDS...DACUS...HUNTSVILLE STATE
PARK...NEW WAVERLY AND HUNTSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OR DAMAGE
BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW!
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Nice call by the SPC with the slight risk across the area.

I don't think the storms will make it here, but at least someone is seeing some rain
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imap http://imapweather.com/fullscreen/ showing a tornadic signature (intense rotation) between 290 & I-10 around Barker Cypress, moving E @ 32mph, 18,100 ft
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unome wrote:imap http://imapweather.com/fullscreen/ showing a tornadic signature (intense rotation) between 290 & I-10 around Barker Cypress, moving E @ 32mph, 18,100 ft
There's.... no storm there
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Mr. T wrote:
unome wrote:imap http://imapweather.com/fullscreen/ showing a tornadic signature (intense rotation) between 290 & I-10 around Barker Cypress, moving E @ 32mph, 18,100 ft
There's.... no storm there
Yeah..weird...
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Just walked outside, still warm and humid at almost 10PM! But unfortunetly the "pulse severe thunderstorms" are living up to their name tonight. Storms in Polk and San Jacinto counties have dramatically weakend in the last couple frames of the radar loop.
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It was pretty decent line up towards Huntsville earlier. Notice how the cell near Willis fell apart though. Not good news.
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Radar indicating hail core descending to the ground with the severe thunderstorm just southwest of Hunstville. The storm has also been showing a little mid-level rotation over the past several minutes.
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While the line as a while is breaking up, some cells are re-strengthening and becoming more discrete. Big hailer in southern Walker county!
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weatherguy425 wrote:While the line as a while is breaking up, some cells are re-strengthening and becoming more discrete. Big hailer in southern Walker county!
Yes indeed! Radar indicating 3'' hail just southwest of Huntsville. Nice 71.5db core up around 23,000 ft with a storm top over 50,000ft. Watch out around New Waverly.
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