03/28/06 NOW: California and Texas

[MatthewCarman]

Severe Storms some TOR warned have been ongoing across texas and california. There was a tornadoe touch down in Merced County California with powerlines down and a roof blown off a barn.


...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM PST
FOR NORTHEASTERN MERCED AND WEST CENTRAL MARIPOSA COUNTIES..
AT 322 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLANADA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MERCED...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* AT 525 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELDING.
A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 67...30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
Looks like South East Texas got hammerd today. Anybody out chasing these storms?

 

[MatthewCarman]

Part of south west and west texas are now under a SVR TS Watch. Kenedy and Brooks counties in South East Texas are TOR warned. Things are getting interesting.

 

[Matthew Carman]

I read the rules and I forgot to leave this to 1 event. I cant edit it now the option is gone?. Thanks for letting me know and I apologize for this.