Texas Spring 2016

[Brent]

Holy crap we just got blasted. I was at work and my back car window is smashed ugh... work flooded again(the Walmart in Wylie). Many many cars were likely totaled in the parking lot.

That was the longest hailstorm EVER. 3 weeks ago was nothing next to that...

I would take a very close look at your car. The window is probably the cheapest part to fix.

It drove the 6-7 minutes home fine so I'm just gonna sit here for now... I'm still in a bit of shock tbh.

[Ntxw]

It drove the 6-7 minutes home fine so I'm just gonna sit here for now... I'm still in a bit of shock tbh.

Not that part, the body of the car, most of the claim will be the dings on it. It adds up quick.

Glad all of you guys are safe though. It's a good thing these storms were elevated otherwise the tornado threat would have been more significant.

[Brent]

It drove the 6-7 minutes home fine so I'm just gonna sit here for now... I'm still in a bit of shock tbh.

Not that part, the body of the car, most of the claim will be the dings on it. It adds up quick.

Glad all of you guys are safe though. It's a good thing these storms were elevated otherwise the tornado threat would have been more significant.

Car is 15 years old and I didn't spend that much on it(bought it from my grandpa who died last year), so I won't be spending too much to fix it, that's for sure... I was planning on replacing it before long anyway...

[Ntxw]

Confidence is increasing on a late week significant flood threat unfolding across the state of Texas and adjacent southern plains. The rivers and lakes will probably feel it most given the coverage of water expected to fall along with many lakes near capacity.

[gboudx]

Found a 4" stone.

[Brent]

Probably near the biggest one I saw in the front yard

[Brent]

Time: 2016-04-11 23:17 UTC
Event: 4.25 HAIL
Source: amateur radio
Remark: softball size hail reported in se wylie.

[Ntxw]

Over 4" is pretty crazy. That's about as big as you will see around here. DFW has really been tacked with the hail this spring especially you folks on the Dallas/Collin/Rockwall line. This after the December tornado generally in the same vicinity.

[Brent]

House in Wylie reportedly

[gboudx]

Woah!

The wife of a friend of mine works in Wylie off Eubanks Ln, between Brown St and 78. Her back car window was smashed out.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

My goodness gracious. Crazy storms.

[Brent]

Woah!

The wife of a friend of mine works in Wylie off Eubanks Ln, between Brown St and 78. Her back car window was smashed out.

yeah, that's really close to where I live and work... numerous car windows were smashed out at work. Someone estimated 50 cars totaled and I believe it.

[Ntxw]

You'll never want to go through another one again. Here's a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ickpCvwZ7Q

Counting the Ft Worth hail and collin county a few weeks ago probably 2-3billion price tag altogether. $ Equivalent to some landfalling hurricanes.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

End of the video, that was about 65+ MPH winds. Crazy

[Brent]

You'll never want to go through another one again. Here's a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ickpCvwZ7Q

Counting the Ft Worth hail and collin county a few weeks ago probably 2-3billion price tag altogether. $ Equivalent to some landfalling hurricanes.

Fair to say between today and the tornado in December, I've had my fill of tornadoes and hail... I've never seen hail like the last 2 events before and in such a short time span...

in other news, the GFS has over 7" of rain at DFW starting Saturday through next Tuesday...

[gboudx]

This is the worst severe tstorm I've experienced. The worst weather was riding out Hurricane Andrew in my off-campus apt in Baton Rouge. That was intense. LSU was shutdown for a week.

[katheria]

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Friends car in parker one of 8 that got nailed at her house

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[CajunMama]

It still just amazes me that hail can do so much damage. Thankfully you were at work Brent and not out driving in that mess.

[Ntxw]

It still just amazes me that hail can do so much damage. Thankfully you were at work Brent and not out driving in that mess.

Giant bullets falling out of the sky at high speeds. It's a recipe of horror. Until you've experienced it, one has no idea. It is loud and shocking, the thumping noise feels like the outside is ready to cave in. Especially if you've only ever experienced the pea to dime sized hail.

0z GFS has plenty of rain. A lot of where the heaviest axis just depends on where the model run drifts the essentially stalled ULL.

[Brent]

It still just amazes me that hail can do so much damage. Thankfully you were at work Brent and not out driving in that mess.

Giant bullets falling out of the sky at high speeds. It's a recipe of horror. Until you've experienced it, one has no idea. It is loud and shocking, the thumping noise feels like the outside is ready to cave in. Especially if you've only ever experienced the pea to dime sized hail.

0z GFS has plenty of rain. A lot of where the heaviest axis just depends on where the model run drifts the essentially stalled ULL.

That's exactly how I feel about it too... I had never seen big damaging hail hail(or heck even really severe criteria hail, much less anything in the ballpark of the hail today) in Alabama... and the noise in both of these storms was just insane. The one in March only lasted for 2-3 minutes, but this one seemed to last for a good 10 minutes. When it first started the hail was pretty small and I was a little optimistic and then it all just sort of crashed down... and for awhile was getting louder and louder. Like for a bit as I was walking around the front windows and door(along with a bunch of other people) trying to watch it I was wondering if it'd ever end... at this point I wasn't even watching radar, I was just trying to get sizes of hail and shot some brief video where you couldn't even see the cars in the parking lot 20 feet away.

I'll be just fine if I never witness that again. I don't really understand why these chasers I know on social media want to see this kind of hail... no thank you lol. Give me a bow echo anytime next to that mess. Seriously.