3/30/07 NOW: TX / OK / KS

[Morgan Palmer]

http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/texas-county-map.gif

 

[Melissa Moon]

Haha sorry for not clarifying that...I need a street atlas online kind of map with the county lines on them

 

[Darren Addy]

Can anyone refer me to an online map that has the counties on them? Because Google maps doesn't show the counties on them

Mapquest maps contain county lines. Here's one drawn for Springtown.

 

[Melissa Moon]

Ehh I guess it's not so urgent now...that storm looked really great for about 30-45 minutes but now it's not to spectacular

 

[Glenn Dixon]

I'm not liking the radar - lots of rain, no rotation in a long time......standing down for now.

 

[Ray Walker]

I'm sitting in Ardmore right now. This huge area of rain and thunderstorms across central Oklahoma and southern Oklahoma is not helping things much. SPC mentions in there Tornado watch for the area that supercells should develop later today. I'm not to confident that they will. Just to much precip.

 

[Bob Schafer]

Where did everything go? I'm sitting on Highway 287 Just outside of Justin, TX (west of Denton) and there were some good looking cells and now nothing... My connection is still bad but better today. If anyone is chair chasing today I'd love any help.. My cell is 940-783-2136. I'm going to sit here for a bit...

I've been in touch w/Evan, so he's covered. Just saying so so he doesn't start getting a whole bunch of calls.

 

[Matthew Crowther]

The best place to be is way down south near the mesolow and where there is higher CAPE and less gunge/storms. Cell NE of Sanderson looks promising, as does a cluster NW of Del Rio. Also, the tail end of the line near SJT and east of there could be good soon. Farther north....good luck finding the needle in that haystack...there could be a few tornadoes, but they wil be vvery hard to actually chase.

 

[John Peters]

There is a pretty impressive cell coming across the mexican boarder to the northwest of Del Rio that appears to have some circulation. The storm looked pretty organized on the last reflectivity scan.

 

[Bart_Comstock]

The cell that is about to pass over Copperas Cove in Coryel, Tx is starting to look like it wants to play ball. If you are using GRlvl3 this cell is best observed via the KGRK radar site.

EDIT: Looks like the SPC agrees as they have issued a MD concerning it.

 

[John Peters]

The cell SPC issued that MD for looks to be organizing as well

It looks like the cell in the Del Rio vacinity is splitting

 

[Jeff Snyder]

Sitting in Gainesville just waiting to see what happens. I'm concerned that the deep-layer shear vector is parallel to the frontal zone, which may help explain why we are seeing short line segments being the preferred mode of convection (as opposed to discrete activity). I wasn't paying attention, so I was surprised that temps are in the 30s and 40s with snow in the TX panhandle (Dalhart was reporting moderate snow)! Shear isn't too bad on the 18z FWD sounding, but, as expected, the widespread convection has obliterated the steep lapse rates and CAPE that were in place. The cell near Breckenridge doesn't look too bad, but it too is developing into a short line segment... Perhaps if I had a private plane on which I could fly to DRT, I'd be happier.

 

[David Wolfson]

I've virtually reached Cisco under the squall line. Not much change from this morning's guesses. On the road with all due dispatch south toward Brownwood. In a few hours things may get interesting -- at least I virtuallly hope so. Should be more of what's near Killeen now developing ahead of the line. FWIW.

 

[John Peters]

The storm north of Del Rio has a pretty classic hook and strong rotation. I'm very surprised there is no tornado warning on this storm.

 

[Sam Shamburger]

Fort Hood Tornado

A tornado was observed in the Fort Hood/Killeen Airport metar:

KGRK 302055Z 31038G45KT 1SM FC +TSRA OVC005 18/18 A2985 RMK TORNADO OHD MOV NE TS OHD MOV E=

KGRK 302055Z COR 31038G45KT 1SM FC +TSRA OVC005 18/18 A2985 RMK TORNADO OHD MOV NE TS OHD MOV E SLP104 WR// 60163 55025=