UPDATE noon: Much of the Austin area has been upgraded to a Level 4 of 5 MODERATE risk of severe storms. Very large hail and strong tornadoes biggest concerns.
Severe weather with reported tornadoes moved through Central Texas Monday evening, including a possible one near the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock.
"A watch means that conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms over the next several hours," the weather service said in a statement. "Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter," the weather service said. "Large hail greater than 2 inches in diameter and tornadoes are the primary threats, but damaging winds may also occur." The outlook for Austin calls for possible thunderstorms after 2 p.m. with temperatures climbing to 79 degrees. "The state is standing with the people of Williamson County shoulder to shoulder," Abbott said. "There is a tornado warning for this storm still in effect over Bell County through 6:45 p.m." Two more later struck the Thrall and Noack communities in eastern Williamson County. Officials said debris is blocking the roads near Chandler Road and CR101. No injuries have been reported. "I don't ever want to go through that again," Wagner said. “Do not endanger yourself by trying to rush in and try to save something now,” he said. “We have downed power lines, and in order to protect our first responders it’s important we turn off the power.” "All of them are alive and well."
With strong storms headed toward Central Texas on Monday, the First Warning Weather team wants you to be as prepared as possible before nasty weather hits.
A strong storm system capable of producing large hail, isolated tornadoes, damaging winds and flooding was forecast to slam the South and Southeast through ...
Images of destroyed homes, broken trees and streets littered with debris in Jacksboro, about 90 miles northwest of Dallas, circulated widely on social media. Several tornadoes roared through Central Texas beginning in the late afternoon on Monday. Tornadic winds in and around Austin, the state capital, overturned an 18-wheeler. In Elgin, about 25 miles east of the city, a mobile home was tossed onto the top of a building.
Much of the Austin area has been upgraded from enhanced to moderate risk of severe storms. Very large hail is likely and even a few tornadoes are possible.
* In mobile homes: leave well in advance of the approaching severe weather and go to a strong building. They're expected to depart the Austin area by 9-11 p.m. Even a few tornadoes are possible (10% chance a tornado will happen within 30 miles of your location). Besides hail, winds could gust to 80 mph. Storms should fire along a dry line in the TX Hill Country near Hwy-281, moving east with tornado & hail threat approaching I-35 by 4-7 p.m. You will only waste time and put yourself and others in greater risk. Put as many walls between yourself and the outside as possible.
Several tornadoes, very large hail, and damaging winds are possible,” the National Weather Service warns. Dallas, Austin and Houston are at risk Monday.
Ahead of it, warm air advection, or a conveyor belt of warm air from the south, may result in widely scattered supercells which are rotating thunderstorms. Sporadic wind gusts, isolated hail and a few tornadoes are possible. Thereafter, they’ll merge into a squall line overnight with a continued wind and tornado risk as the rough weather shifts into the Deep South. Damaging straight-line winds and a few quick-hitting tornadoes are likely. A cluster of thunderstorms will be exiting Texas and passing over the Sabine River bordering Louisiana around daybreak. A fierce dip in the jet stream, meanwhile, is ramping up wind shear, or a change of wind speed/direction with height.
Update, 3 p.m.: On Monday, March 21 just after 3 p.m., the National Weather Service office for San Antonio and Austin updated the evening forecast and ...
It shows the line of severe weather impacting areas north of San Antonio proper like San Marcos, past Austin, into Killeen, and beyond. "Other models have storms moving through and well south of San Antonio." Primary threats are hail, but damaging winds and tornadoes are also possible. "There will be some strong storms around and they'll be kind of scattered," he says. The watch is set to expire at 10 p.m. Threats include tornadoes, hail, and wind gusts up to 75 mph. The tornado watch affects almost 14 million residents.
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