Texas Spring-2015

#1641 Postby **Ntxw** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:20 am

Another MCS is forming andd coming for Aus/San Antonio. The flooding rivers are about to get another dose.

#1642 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:21 am

@NWSNorman: 10pm update on Wichita River flooding: 845pm stage was 20.8 feet. Will rise above record level of 24 feet Sun aftn. http://t.co/iJ8E5i47pj

#1643 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:22 am

@breakingweather: MT @wimberleyfd: Blanco River is still rising. Any community down river needs to prepare #txwx

#1644 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:22 am

@weatherchannel: Update -- Blanco River at Wimberley, TX has hit 40 feet, nearly 7 feet above 1929 record. Evacs ordered downstream. http://t.co/xsLZjmHdcC

#1645 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:23 am

@MrAndySevilla: #HaysCo Sheriff's Lt. Skrocki: "significant amount" of water rescue calls from near Blanco River, no specific count now, working to evac rez

#1646 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:25 am

Insane rains tonight in Oklahoma and many portions of Texas.

Praying for those affected and for first responders.

#1647 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:27 am

@NWSSanAntonio: A New Flash Flood Emergency for portions of Hays/Guadalupe/Caldwell has been issued as water flows downstream. #tadd http://t.co/JgmGFrRqa1

#1648 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:29 am

Mesoscale Convective Vortex pushing north towards DFW.

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@wfaaweather: Lots of questions about the "hurricane swirl" in Hill County. It's called an MCV. Means more rain/lightning for DFW! http://t.co/V06WiJADcF

#1649 Postby **Ntxw** » Sun May 24, 2015 1:38 am

Texas Snowman wrote:Mesoscale Convective Vortex pushing north towards DFW.

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@wfaaweather: Lots of questions about the "hurricane swirl" in Hill County. It's called an MCV. Means more rain/lightning for DFW! http://t.co/V06WiJADcF

#1650 Postby **Ntxw** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:03 am

40Ft and rising at Blanco river. Flood stage there is 13ft, isn't the city of San Marcos at the end of that river? You'd gotta think eventually it's going to rush to town with that much water.

Cyclenall · #1651 Postby **Cyclenall** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:20 am

Rgv20 wrote:Something you don't see everyday!

Yellow--Tornado Watch
Pink--Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Green--Flash Flood Watch
Red--Flash Flood Warning

I'm saving all these warning maps, this is the big one for the Plains. Seeing those freaky strong widespread returns in far south Texas eariler and that perfect bow echo that went past Austin, the line of storms that didn't move much in OK, no words.

We are living through something very unusual. Years from now we'll look back reading NWS articles about the Flood of 2015. When dramatic drought and extremely low lake levels in the matter of months quickly went the other way. April broke way and May the skies opened and relentlessly rained for days on end. Near stage 5 restrictions in the Falls to evacuating thousands of homes in the very place that was dry as a bone. Will be quite a read.

I'm reading it right now, and most know this is a historic disaster underway. I'm sure we all remember what was said back in the drought dominate period of 2011, that droughts ends with floods almost always (I'm leaning towards always) and that it will come. No shock, its here and ready to fling many years worth of rain on this region in a ridiculously short time. Sometimes weather can be just too predictable, this being one of the most.

So how does this look to compare to all those dates being mentioned (1957, 1991, etc.)? When I peer at the warning map for the US, it reminded me of April to early May 2011 only east so I checked an image of that and it was much larger in scope on April 27 of that year, but that was due in part to all the melting from the top and the rivers being swelled, this is a bit different. Same for Nashville 2010, Calgary 2013, Colorado 2013 or 2014?, Detroit 2014.

Texas Snowman wrote:@weatherchannel: Update -- Blanco River at Wimberley, TX has hit 40 feet, nearly 7 feet above 1929 record. Evacs ordered downstream. http://t.co/xsLZjmHdcC

Someone needs to get a webcam on that river stat (perched high in a tree). I searched and didn't find any, seeing that river rise was it 11 feet in 30 minutes on camera would be extraordinary. BTW, the stats on this are the most insane for 2015 flooding in the US, not the world though (yet) (Chile already got that one in April).

#1652 Postby **Ntxw** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:30 am

Warned for the "center" of that MCV moving up along the Dallas/Tarrant county line or DFW airport

TORNADO WARNING
TXC113-439-240745-
/O.NEW.KFWD.TO.W.0086.150524T0727Z-150524T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
227 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 227 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COCKRELL HILL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON AND EULESS AROUND 240 AM CDT.
IRVING...BEDFORD...GRAPEVINE...HURST AND COLLEYVILLE AROUND 245 AM
CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 30 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 38.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3272 9688 3268 9701 3288 9718 3288 9700
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 142DEG 31KT 3276 9695

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

#1653 Postby **Ntxw** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:39 am

Sirens are going off in Irving

WeatherNewbie · #1654 Postby **WeatherNewbie** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:43 am

Richardson too.

#1655 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:44 am

Texas Storm Chasers ‏@TxStormChasers ·
242AM: Rotation and possible brief tornado on Dallas/Tarrant county line just south of D/FW Airport on 360 moving northwest. #dfwwx

#1656 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:45 am

Texas Storm Chasers ‏@TxStormChasers · 4m4 minutes ago
240AM: Blanco River near Kyle at 36.5 Feet (around the Halloween 2013 flood level). River still rising. #ctxwx #txwx

#1657 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:46 am

Sad news in NE Oklahoma. Prayers for this firefighter's family, friends and colleagues.

@newson6wxguy
Claremore PD confirm firefighter died during a water rescue tonight west of Claremore. Body was found after being swept away. @NewsOn6

#1658 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:48 am

Tornado warning in Metroplex has now expired, but a while ago...

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Spotter Network Inc ‏@spotternetwork · 5m5 minutes ago  Dallas, TX
Spotr 3 miles W of DUNCANVILLE, TX @ 07:39AM UTC Funnel>-Power flash near Mountain Creek Parkway.

#1659 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:50 am

Texoma is on the threshold of breaching it's spillway level for just the fourth time since it was impounded in the mid-1940s.

Current lake level as of 2:49 a.m. is 639.74 feet above sea level.

#1660 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sun May 24, 2015 2:53 am

It's horrifying to know how bad the flash flooding is to the south of Austin right now and to go to the radar and watch that second MCS steadily march on in the direction of those rivers/towns.

Can't imagine how bad the news might be coming out of those areas in the morning.

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