Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Round 1 of severe weather has passed, but don't let your guard down just yet!

Well round one of our severe weather event is drawing to and end as the very long lived supercell thunderstorm is now moving near the OK border. I’ll recap all of the storm damage reports tomorrow, which will include tornado damage and injuries from out near Breckenridge.

I’m sure that if you’ve been out since the storm grazed the area you’ve noticed that the air is still very muggy. With the loss of daytime heating we will probably see a lull for several hours.

Sometime after midnight a cold front/dryline combo will be moving into the area with the powerhouse upper level storm system that is in New Mexico/West Texas. With it will come round two.

We continue to have a very unstable atmosphere that is ripe for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. As the upper system moves the cold front/dryline into this air overnight through tomorrow morning we will see widespread heavy thunderstorms, some severe with the main threats being large hail, damaging winds and heavy rainfall. Due to the instability that’s available to these storms, isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out.

It is very important to have your NOAA weather radio within earshot of where you’re sleeping tonight. Also we continue to be in a Flash Flood Watch through tomorrow. There could be some 2” to 3” rainfall totals with isolated higher amounts in places when all is said and done.




Here is a wide radar shot of the South Plains Sector as of 9:48pm. Notice the strong storms that are beginning form out in the Midland Odessa area in Southwest Texas. These storms are forming along the dryline and will be moving to the north east towards North Texas overnight.



For updated images here is the link you can follow to get the National Weather Service South Plains Sector Radar

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