05/02/09 NOW: TX, OK, AR

[Larry J. Kosch]

05/02/09 NOW: TX, OK, AR, MI, AL

Since storms are already active in TX and OK and heading into AR, I might as well start a NOW thread.

SPC is having mesoscale discussion about raising new TWs in center TX and GA. This action is beginning to erupt all along the stationary front thru the Southeast.

Could be a fun day for storm chasers!

EDIT: NOW Thread has been expanded to including MI and AL. TWs for those two states!

 

[Niccolò Ubalducci]

We are ariving in Texarkana TX, the vertical sher its very good in this area, but the ground isn't chaser friendly!

 

[Andrew Stoller]

Apparently the storm moving through Dallas has done damage and blew the bubble roof off the Cowboys training facility!

 

[Tony Laubach]

Apparently the storm moving through Dallas has done damage and blew the bubble roof off the Cowboys training facility!

Good, now it matches the darn stadium! HAIL SKINS!!!

 

[Paul Redmond]

Unfotunately the cap still looks too strong in south central and southwest texas ahead of what was the dryline. It will probably late night linear convection again. sigh.

 

[Dennis Duck]

It actually collapsed. Last count was 17 injuries en route to area hospitals and Dallas CO EMS is still searching for victims.

 

[Danny Neal]

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/livevideo/?nvid=57424&live=yes LIVE coverage with video of actual collapse being broadcast intermittently.

Jerry Jones at the Kentucky Derby claims "a tornado hit with no warning" ...... Actually I think Bob Costas said a tornado hit and Jerry Jones said they had no warning lol

 

[Matt Hughes]

Apparently the storm moving through Dallas has done damage and blew the bubble roof off the Cowboys training facility!

We rode the storm into Dallas and called it a day. Our hotel is a few miles away from the practice facility. Emergency vehicles are everywhere!

 

[Danny Neal]

* AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO NEAR
POSSUMNECK MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

I can't say I have ever seen a warning statement like this before? Indicated a strong tornado.... the lack of spotter reports makes me scratch my head too.

(Where was this storm on 4/26 )

 

[Chris Hayes]

I can't say I have ever seen a warning statement like this before? Indicated a strong tornado.... the lack of spotter reports makes me scratch my head too.

(Where was this storm on 4/26 )

There are warnings where they talk about storms "capable of producing strong to violent tornadoes" but thats the first time I've seen them say "strong"

 

[nickgrillo]

I'm currently east of Dallas on I-30 on my way back east. RUC mesoanalysis shows the warm sector environment extremely stable to a surface-based parcel. I seen one supercell earlier that appeared to be NEAR-surface based near Granbury, TX, but it didn't give me much besides for 1" hail and I didn't see any visual signs of rotation. The storm picked up speed as its inflow layer began to rise -- with the layer of CINH chocking the updraft from boundary layer parcels. SB/MLCINH continues to strengthen across much of the region, and I'm not too sure why a new red box was issued given the degree and coverage of static stability across the warm sector. I'd also like to see a picture of the "tornado" from Greenville. Just about all convection I've seen today in TX was significantly elevated in nature.