3/19/11 NOW: TX

[Jason Harris]

Well not much else happening now in SC but TX cell looks interesting: nice hook on the tor-warned cell to the East of Underwood. And spotters have sighted funnel cloud:

AT 714 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS REDEVELOPING A NEW WALL CLOUD. THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PETERSBURG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERNATHY...MOVING EAST

*could somehow change thread to include TX?

 

[Nick Biermann]

3/19/11 DISC: TX

SPC mesoanalysis from 0000 UTC indicates that the storm in the TX panhandle is moving into an area of increasing CINH (MLCINH approaching -100 J/kg and SBCINH approaching -300 J/kg). My guess is that it has (or had) a narrow window of opportunity to produce a tornado with limited time remaining before the storm becomes elevated.

*Please move to the "3/19/11 NOW: TX" thread. Thanks.

 

[Jason Harris]

Another cell now to watch North of Clauene, TX, though I wonder if that couplet reading is accurate? 71 outbound kts vs. 31 inbound? (doesn't seem to have that sort of intensity with higher scans--perhaps that partly explains why this cell isn't tornado warned--if it's legit, the couplet would be heading towards Smyer, but really odd position, just seems wrong data)
big hail with up to tennis ball predicted

*couplet reading gone now anyway.