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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1001 Postby Quixotic » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:00 pm

That cell se of Wichita Falls looks like it’s trying to get a hook.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1002 Postby wxman22 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:01 pm

Tornado warning now in Clay County.

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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1003 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:14 pm

Hopefully these can get strung out into a more linear mode as Ntxw mentioned earlier.

May be seeing the beginning of that now. Would help lower the tornado threat a bit and hopefully keep the hail cores a bit more in check if you can get these storms to compete against one another.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1004 Postby Cpv17 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:16 pm

Stratton23 wrote:man that GFS run is something to watch for in may, beyond a wet weekend across the state with a slow moving boundary, the GFS has another system on this heels that slows down and brings even more widespread heavy rains, flooding potential on creeks/ rivers may start to increase ( grounds are saturated in a lot of places and will only increase in saturation after this weekends system ) as its looking extremely active at least through the first 10-14 days of may


I doubt it’ll be much S of I-10, though. East Texas and into LA will get hit hard.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1005 Postby HockeyTx82 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:19 pm

txtwister78 wrote:Hopefully these can get strung out into a more linear mode as Ntxw mentioned earlier.

May be seeing the beginning of that now. Would help lower the tornado threat a bit and hopefully keep the hail cores a bit more in check if you can get these storms to compete against one another.


I was just noticing that it looks like they're starting to back build pretty quick. That one storm that was going tornado already looks to have died off a little bit with the back building it's getting choked off. Or it's merging into one giant Supercell and it'll take out everything in its path for hundreds of miles. :double:
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1006 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:24 pm

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txtwister78 wrote:Hopefully these can get strung out into a more linear mode as Ntxw mentioned earlier.

May be seeing the beginning of that now. Would help lower the tornado threat a bit and hopefully keep the hail cores a bit more in check if you can get these storms to compete against one another.


I was just noticing that it looks like they're starting to back build pretty quick. That one storm that was going tornado already looks to have died off a little bit with the back building it's getting choked off. Or it's merging into one giant Supercell and it'll take out everything in its path for hundreds of miles. :double:


Yeah cell mergers can be dangerous especially when on the SW flank or tail end of a severe line with access to inflow and no other storm competing against it.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1007 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:48 pm

Strong rotation signature just NW of Newport. Could be a Tornado forming.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1008 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:53 pm

txtwister78 wrote:Strong rotation signature just NW of Newport. Could be a Tornado forming.


Tornado on the ground moving into Montague and Wise Counties
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1009 Postby wxman22 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:10 pm

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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1010 Postby Stratton23 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:20 pm

Cpv17 na SE texas will get in on some of that heavy rain, starting this weekend, frontal boundary pushing south will focus heavy rains over our neck of the woods, important to note that global models don’t handle slow moving frontal boundaries well
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1011 Postby rwfromkansas » Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:23 pm

Moving slightly more east than SE so hope that will let me get the home before things go to heck. School doesn't get out until 4:25 this year, but I am only 5 miles from home.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1012 Postby Cpv17 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:31 pm

Stratton23 wrote:Cpv17 na SE texas will get in on some of that heavy rain, starting this weekend, frontal boundary pushing south will focus heavy rains over our neck of the woods, important to note that global models don’t handle slow moving frontal boundaries well


The WPC only has me getting about .75” over the next 7 days. I hope I can at least get that.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1013 Postby Ntxw » Tue Apr 28, 2026 3:54 pm

Not to make light of the northern storm but so far the southwest flank of the storms seems to be the worst in NTX with the same areas that got hit over the weekend.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1014 Postby Quixotic » Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:12 pm

Looks like it’s going to pass to the south of me. Thank goodness
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1015 Postby HockeyTx82 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:41 pm

Quixotic wrote:Looks like it’s going to pass to the south of me. Thank goodness


Ponder might get a little bit of the hail but yeah the worst of it's going south of me too. At least I hope.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1016 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:56 pm

Storm heading into Tarrant looks pretty outflow dominant so good news in terms of Tornado threat (at least short term).

Definitely damaging wind threat however regardless.

Storm near Mineral Wells needs to be watched
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1017 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 5:03 pm

Wouldn't surprise me if a tornado is on the ground with that storm on the north side of Mineral Wells. Strong rotation signature per radar.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1018 Postby Ntxw » Tue Apr 28, 2026 5:05 pm

I know we have a poster in Brock, that cell is nasty moving out of Mineral Wells near Millsap and heading maybe towards Weatherford or nearby.
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1019 Postby txtwister78 » Tue Apr 28, 2026 5:10 pm

Looks like a CC drop per radar right on state hwy 180 coming out of Mineral Wells
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Re: Texas Spring 2026

#1020 Postby Fifty Rock » Tue Apr 28, 2026 5:13 pm

Ntxw wrote:I know we have a poster in Brock, that cell is nasty moving out of Mineral Wells near Millsap and heading maybe towards Weatherford or nearby.


Yes there is. That's a nasty one headed his way.
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