4/16/09 NOW: TX/OK/KS/CO

[Michael O'Keeffe]

Surprised no one has started a thread on this. A supercell fired near Tulia a few hours ago and there has been a reported tornado and it is still tornado warned, but it appears to be getting mashed together with other cells.

The SPC is upgrading their severe watch to a tornado watch mentioning the potential for more tornadic supercells as the evening wears on.

Several chasers streaming!

 

[Chris Lott]

I was watching Drummonds live stream, being hauled off on a wrecker! He sits in front of a tire shop now it looks like. He must have had a blown tire or something. Cells seem to be really ramping up in the Panhandle. Tornado watch could be issued soon for the area.

 

[Marc Remillard]

Jeffrey Gonzales is streaming something pretty interesting...

Storms will be soon in a more favorable environment for tornado development

 

[Jeff Russell]

Checkout Mark Hill's live stream at http://www.severestudios.com/cgi-bin/player.pl?username=mark.hill&uid=82.

Very nice wall cloud.

 

[Marc Remillard]

Interesting cell East of Lubbock, TX. My teammates Allan Theunissen & Réjean Boudreau (Québec vortex) are currently chasing this cell and are reporting a great rotating wall cloud 30 minutes ago

 

[Greg Blumberg]

I can't tell if the boundary west of the KLBB radar is an outflow boundary or the dry line. Surface data and the West Texas Mesonet both indicate a sharp moisture gradient. SPC's MD says it's a outflow boundary based on satellite and radar. I'm pretty sure it's the dry line. Either way, storms have been exploding when they hit it.

Edit: Nevermind. It's an outflow boundary.

 

[Jeff Duda]

Very impressive hook showing up on a cell just north of KMAF on GR2. Some very intense G2G shear, too. One cell just NW of Lubbock had a G2G shear of over 110 kts, and this is at a range of 15 nmi from the radar! This area has been under multiple Tornado warnings today. I'll bet TTU Reese Center mesonet site will show some interesting stuff.

EDIT: Unfortunately, for some odd reason, none of the WTM meteograms have been updated since 1:15 CST/MDT.

 

[Jay McCoy]

From TxDOT...Due to flooding I-27 is now closed from Canyon,Tx down to Lubbock,Tx

I was in Tulia when I-27 was clsoed from Tulia to Kress due to flooding and hail but now the entire length of I-27 is closed exscept from Canyon to amarillo but we are having major flooding here in amarillo right now.

New tornado warning for LBB county. Tornado reported on the ground NE of LBB