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	Monitoring Severe Storms Again

Posted by: stormchser, 2:37 PM GMT on April 26, 2009

Hello again,
I am monitoring for severe thunderstorms again after many rounds across the Houston area in the past few weeks. It looks like it will be quite an active severe weather season this year. Strong/severe storms are possible from West Central TX to Dallas/Ft.-Worth this afternoon and tonight...and then again across North, North Central, South Central and Southeast TX on Monday possibly including cities like Austin/San Antonio, Dallas/Ft.-Worth, Waco, College Station, and Houston/Galveston. A dryline will extend from KS through OK and TX, down to the very bottom of TX into Northern MX. Anywhere ahead of this dryline will be your line of fire for severe thunderstorms where warm, moist air collides with cooling cloud tops, allowing the cap over the atmosphere to bust. Supercells are possible in West Central and North Central TX today with tornadoes, hail and damaging winds all possible. In addition, heavy rainfall causing flash flooding will be a possibility anywhere ahead of this dryline as it moves VERY slowly across the state. If you live in cities like Abilene, San Angelo, Brownwood, Dallas, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Lubbock and Amarillo, you need to be on the lookout for severe weather watches and warnings this afternoon and tonight. Tomorrow the line of fire will be much of the same areas including...Abilene, Brownwood, Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Temple, Austin, San Antonio, College Station/Bryan, as well as the Houston/Galveston vicinities. Tomorrow should mainly be a hail and damaging wind threat, though an isolated tornado or two is not out of the question....especially if the storm maintains energy. Remember, a TORNADO WATCH means conditions are favorable for severe weather, including tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds in and close to the watch area. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH means the same thing only with a lessened threat of tornadoes. A TORNADO WARNING means a tornado has been sighted or strong rotation has been indicated on doppler radar and a tornado is either occuring or will shortly. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING means large hail and destructive winds are occuring or will shortly. Keep all of this in mind over the next few days and stay safe folks. This covers a big chunk of the lone star state. Any potential watches and warnings will be posted here should severe weather develop. I will be posting for Abilene/Brownwood/San Angelo, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Houston/Galveston. Feel free to do the same. Have a great day!
~Austin

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	Houston Tornado Threat

Posted by: stormchser, 5:46 AM GMT on April 18, 2009

Howdy Everyone,I am stormchser on Wx Underground but my real name is Austin. I have been studying weather for awhile and this is my very first blog. I want to discuss the severe weather potential across the Houston and Southeast TX area for tomorrow (Sat., April 18th, 2009). Latest forecast analysis shows that a slow moving, vertically stacked upper low currently spinning in northeastern NM will push ever so slowly east tomorrow. As it does, it will run into amazing...

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