2021 Rain Thread

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

Looks like our force field is extending down to San Marcos.  Red and orange just die there.

[phdhorn 6,224]

Back for a sec... Tornado warning for New Braunfels area, moving toward San Marcos. Golf ball sized hail. Should move well south of Austin proper, maybe skirt SE Travis County.

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

Weather apps saying we are getting lightning strikes within a mile, but radar shows everything breaking up well to the SW.

[Wally Pryor 5,388]

6 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Earlier this evening, was hearing thunder, swear the radar showed the major activity down towards SA/NB.  That was weird.

Yeah, same.  Weird, indeed.

[Wally Pryor 5,388]

I like Yeomans.  Big shoes to fill.

[Blotto 23,974]

15 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Blotto

[phdhorn 6,224]

Tx State be ready...

[4th_and_18 709]

Moved my truck to the airport garage and pulled the cars into the garage. It won’t hail in Austin now.

[Nicole44 22,206]

2 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Tx State be ready...

Ummmm...😳

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2,649]

Holy shit. Thats some major hail 

[NorthLoop 14,421]

4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Weather apps saying we are getting lightning strikes within a mile, but radar shows everything breaking up well to the SW.

Yeah both my weather apps had my house under the yellow, on the fringe of red. Step outside and it's barely drizzling. 

[Hagbard Celine 11,160]

i am convinced that the forcefield has something to do with concrete and the electric grid.

it's not just austin.  sometimes the shields derez.  but most of the time, they hold.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f0dbb25b-f05e-49a1-ad0e-818e917fddd2

[Nicole44 22,206]

Thunder noises at night are always comforting.

[Surly Bevo 25,657]

I live in Keller and yea that was some pound me in the ass hail.  Looked like somebody was shooting a 50 cal into my pool over and over again.  Somehow my car, which as the oldest was the one strategically left out, didn't get anything but some dents. Seeing lots of others with broken windshields etc.  I parked as close to house as I could and northern exposure so house (roof) took most of the brunt.  Every limb and leaf that Coldmageddon had weakened that just finished the fuck off.  Ahhh be fun cleaning up tomorrow.

[gsoda3 3,358]

14 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

I like Yeomans.  Big shoes to fill.

he's done well so far.  can already tell he's going to be great.  has a really cool backstory too.  grew up in austin, ever since he was little has wanted to be a weatherman.

[phdhorn 6,224]

Tornado warning expired for Hays.

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

Tornado Watch for Travis County.

Severe Thunderstorm warning until 11.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Hopefully link works:

https://www.instagram.com/p/COO-1f7DkYp/?igshid=jumhand5yfq6

[Beau Vine 55,824]

These sounded great on a metal roof.

[Updawg 2,378]

Hopefully link works:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COO-1f7DkYp/?igshid=jumhand5yfq6

Damn

[Surly Bevo 25,657]

3 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Hopefully link works:

https://www.instagram.com/p/COO-1f7DkYp/?igshid=jumhand5yfq6

That looks....familiar.

[Nonbryan 176]

4 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Hopefully link works:

https://www.instagram.com/p/COO-1f7DkYp/?igshid=jumhand5yfq6

Holy shit!  Coming from every damn direction too!!!

[clapclapclap 9,000]

 

Hope it was Big Red Motors:

 

[jimmyjazz 46,976]

27 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

I like Yeomans.  Big shoes to fill.

Yeah, I'm good with him.  He proved his mettle in the hurricane + massive flooding a few years ago on the Texas coast.  He never got hysterical, he was always about facts.

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

Oh cool, power just flickered and my NAS's alarm went off when it switched to battery.  Forgot to reset that so it's quiet and just emails me, instead of trying to wake the kids up.

[Machinator 32,102]

 

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

So I'm seeing lightning strikes NE of Central Austin, but all of the bad shit looks to be SW of us.  Very weird.  Also, something looks like it's headed towards Austin-Bergstrom.

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

Fucking Lovely.

TORNADO WATCH 122 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR THE 
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 
TX 
 
.    TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE 
ATASCOSA             BANDERA             BASTROP 
BEXAR                BLANCO              BURNET 
CALDWELL             COMAL               DEWITT 
DIMMIT               EDWARDS             FAYETTE 
FRIO                 GILLESPIE           GONZALES 
GUADALUPE            HAYS                KARNES 
KENDALL              KERR                KINNEY 
LAVACA               LEE                 LLANO 
MAVERICK             MEDINA              REAL 
TRAVIS               UVALDE              VAL VERDE 
WILLIAMSON           WILSON              ZAVALA

 

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

This was headed towards ABIA, but that was half an hour ago.

 

[Wally Pryor 5,388]

Looks like that cell took a more northerly turn and is going to get the city.

I think.

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

2 hours ago, clapclapclap said:

Church bells sized hail in Keller.

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

T&Ps

Toilets & Papers.

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

1 hour ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

Not quite a Liberty Bell, but still made an impressive sound hitting my roof in Keller. 

We do N Texas jobs all the time.

 

#ShamelessBeg

[clapclapclap 9,000]

 

And a bit further south:

 

Edited April 29, 2021 by clapclapclap

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

Keep getting notices of lightning strikes a mile or two to the north, while the orange/red shit is moving S of us.

7 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

Looks like that cell took a more northerly turn and is going to get the city.

I think.

Yeah, either it expanded a bit on it's northern side, or it started sliding up, and I'm leaning towards sliding right up towards downtown.

[Radical Larry 28,814]

 

[Wally Pryor 5,388]

Forcefield only used to protecting shit from the west.  

Flee flicker from due south.

[Wally Pryor 5,388]

Just now, Radical Larry said:

 

Yeah, good luck sleeping tonight.

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

42 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

I live in Keller and yea that was some pound me in the ass hail.  Looked like somebody was shooting a 50 cal into my pool over and over again.  Somehow my car, which as the oldest was the one strategically left out, didn't get anything but some dents. Seeing lots of others with broken windshields etc.  I parked as close to house as I could and northern exposure so house (roof) took most of the brunt.  Every limb and leaf that Coldmageddon had weakened that just finished the fuck off.  Ahhh be fun cleaning up tomorrow.

[Nicole44 22,206]

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

34 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

These sounded great on a metal roof.

Zip code?

& While you are probably not leaking, you more than likely have dents that are covered by your insurance policy for a proper restoration (plus lots of other collateral damage).

[Beau Vine 55,824]

78666

 

[ROFL BOX 6,654]

Clouds around 2000... 2030 were gorgeous.

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[ROFL BOX 6,654]

6 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

78666

 

Sending PM.  Fo reals.

[clapclapclap 9,000]

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0465.html

Mesoscale Discussion 0465
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1103 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021

   Areas affected...Centarl and Northeast Texas

   Concerning...Tornado Watch 121...122...

   Valid 290403Z - 290600Z

   The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 121, 122 continues.

   SUMMARY...A severe threat is expected to continue into the early
   overnight hours from the Texas Hill Country north-northeastward into
   parts of northeast Texas. Large hail, wind damage and an isolated
   tornado threat will be possible with the stronger thunderstorms.

   DISCUSSION...The latest radar imagery from San Antonio and Fort
   Worth shows several strong to severe thunderstorms located from
   between Del Rio and San Antonio extending northward to near
   Stephenville, Texas. The storms are located along and just to the
   west of an inverted surface trough. The RAP shows an axis of
   moderate instability near the surface trough with MLCAPE estimated
   in the 2000 to 3000 J/kg range. WSR-88D VWPs near this axis of
   instability have 0-6 km shear in the 55 to 65 kt range. The
   instability and shear will likely keep the severe threat going late
   this evening into the early overnight period. Large hail and wind
   damage will be the primary threats with supercells that persist. An
   isolated tornado threat may also exist with any supercell that is
   dominant.

   ..Broyles.. 04/29/2021

[Updawg 2,378]

Clouds around 2000... 2030 were gorgeous.

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I noticed that as well. Was cool but kind of eerie

[MNLonghornFUKM 8,963]

I’m seeing ice pictures.. how’s ERCOT holding up?

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

2 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

I’m seeing ice pictures.. how’s ERCOT holding up?

10,000+ without power in San Antonio from what's been said.

[Updawg 2,378]

I’m seeing ice pictures.. how’s ERCOT holding up?

They are fine. Everything else is shit though.

-no cloak room

[atomheartbevo 90,548]

6 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

I’m seeing ice pictures.. how’s ERCOT holding up?

Actually the important question is:  How many toilet flushes can you get out of that hail.