Well that was a wild ride here in timbergrove, glad to finally getting power back but understandable that it’s been taking them so long. I love a good strong (but well behaved) thunderstorm, but man that got dicey in a hurry. Sounded like a freight train for a good 10 minutes. Here’s to hoping that...

As far as rainfall depiction, i wouldn't trust the models in this range,as they have had a habit this season of overdoing the intensity of the Mexican ridge.(Especially the GFS) i feel chances are that several of the disturbances(storm complexes to be specific) that the models show moving in from t...

NWS has added a 20% chance of rain for CLL on Thursday, but besides for that a hot but mercifully boring week.

Katdaddy wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 1:16 pm Well stated Tireman4 and I also have much respect for Matt. On a side note, I look at this derecho as awareness of the upcoming hurricane season for the general public.

Excellent point. That was certainly a taste of what could be to come...

Yeah, the active pattern later this week is Hwy 79 (Hearne to Buffalo) and north. We *might* see a brief shower in CLL...no one south of Hwy 1*5 should see rain. Local KBTX Weather has a 20% chance on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. NWS didn't even bother. I think we could see this scenario a lot...

I had not checked until this afternoon, but we had gusts of 62 mph during yesterday's storm. I had to clean a little debris in the backyard and found a drainspout next to the fence.

Unfortunately, the supercell was just warming up.

The downdrafts from last night. If I could understand that, I’d be a rich man. Unfortunately, that’s well beyond my brain. W = wind (downdraft) P = pressure It says that the greater the downdraft, then the greater the pressure at the ground level. The air can't go anywhere because of the ground, an...

download copy 34.jpg Glad that most folks are ok and our Weather Community was active during the event. I just saw the the NWS and the SPC have officially declared yesterday's event as a Derecho. That was exactly what I was thinking as I watched radar and satalite imagery yesterday afternoon and ev...

Yeah - yesterday was a sustained EF1/2 tornado in H-town. Prayers to the families who lost loved ones.

Looks like it's ride or die in Houston with Hurricane season. I turned town the job offer in NC. The VP and I just couldn't come to terms, and he got upset that I was actually trying to negotiate after he made the initial offer. Said "it's late in the game to negotiate". That was a big tu...

The downdrafts from last night. If I could understand that, I’d be a rich man. Unfortunately, that’s well beyond my brain. It was a snowplow outflow boundary from a rapidly moving intense supercell. What was the height? - it had to be >50,000 ft. It was like night over College Station as the cell p...

You know normally i would complain about the heat, but i would be very thankful if that heat ridge would expand northward even just for a week, we need a good quiet and dry stretch, prayers up for those effected by these storms, texas needs a break If power can be restored quickly for most who lost...

Equivalent of a CAT 2-3 eyewall heading into Houston. Radar indicated winds 120 mph gusts. It really was like being in a hurricane eyewall. I don’t usually get scared of the weather but I had to go into an interior room because it was getting legitimately scary. Unbelievable. As I wrote earlier, it...

591K without power in Harris Co. alone.

https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas

We got lucky up in CLL with lots of rain only. The two supercells that came through produced the darkest skies I've ever seen caused by any T-storm.

don wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:50 pm So much for Matt Lanza… This is by far the strongest winds I’ve ever seen outside of Hurricane Ike. There is damage EVERYWHERE the scariest situation I’ve been in weather wise.

Yes - Storm chasers are comparing this storm to Ike-level damage.

Potentially 477K without power.

Debris signature near I-10 and 90A heading SE. Tornado Warning issued May 16 at 6:42PM CDT until May 16 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over northwestern Pasadena, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and qu...

High tension power poles down near Cypress.

300K without power.

Tornado Warning 5/16/2024 18:34 CDT through 5/16/2024 19:00 CDT Tornado Warning issued May 16 at 6:34PM CDT until May 16 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX TORHGX The National Weather Service in League City has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northwestern Galveston County in southeastern Te...

Serious wind damage happening now.