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32 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Has anyone from Hays, Blanco, or maybe Llano County chimed in? Well, except for that one smooth-brained ditch digger from earlier today who, perhaps, wishes he hadn't?

Tornado hit, or near hit, ripped off part of roof on Christus Hospital in San Marcos. Massive flooding throughout multiple floors.  

3 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Radar has underestimated the southward reach of this squall line. Maybe .3” west of Buda. 
 

Anyone else gauge the likelihood of near term future rain by the emergence of mushrooms? 

Yep. Those mushrooms have a funny taste, and make you yak in about 4 minutes. 

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26 minutes ago, CHIEF said:

Yep. Those mushrooms have a funny taste, and make you yak in about 4 minutes. 

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Better to yak sooner than die later. 
 

A buddy swears he has never found a boletus he couldn’t stomach, but he is braver than I.

 

I have the opinion that when the shrooms bloom, en masse, the rainy season is done for the time being. 

2 hours ago, Kel Varnsen said:

Hail broke out a bedroom window in La Cima, San Marcos. I think it went right over us. Sounded like an ice machine was dumping it's load on my house. Surprised I only lost one window. Several reporting downed fences.

You do windows @ROFL BOX?

Yes, I have people for that. 

I'm maybe 45 minutes from that end of S.M.  With that type of damage, it is probable you also have shingle roof issues. 

4 hours ago, 1978horn said:

A little smaller than baseball in dripping springs area

This LAST pic is from Henly (started the file upload incorrectly)

 

All other 📸 are @ my place, SE of Henly by ~12 minutes.

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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Was it awkward calling yourself?

Tried to edit in post production & get that Post Oak pic out of there... unsuccessful.

9 hours ago, lucious leftfoot said:

Tornado hit, or near hit, ripped off part of roof on Christus Hospital in San Marcos. Massive flooding throughout multiple floors.  

 

6 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Supposedly 106mph winds in the area.

 

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Thank you forcefield.

Even though the storm missed us, they cancelled all the games in my son's baseball league last night. With the storm that's predicted to come through on Sunday, I'm beginning to think the season won't end until mid-June.

We got a bunch of the wind but none of the rain in NB. But I'll take this one since we also avoided the hail and tornado. 

Storm just missed my cars that were in a parking lot of one of the dripping springs middle schools.  Any further west and both would have been trashed

The totals are trending upwards for the Highlad Lakes. If we get another 5 or 6 inches of rain around San Saba, Lake Buchanan will be in great shape for the summer. 
 

 

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Way to use a relatable object to describe hail.

"There have been reports in Lampasas of Mego Toy 2XL sized hailstones"

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4 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

The next 2 weeks are supposed to be really bad with rain, especially in parts east of I35

"Bad with rain" does not compute

 

4 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

The next 2 weeks are supposed to be really bad with rain, especially in parts east of I35

So, no rain?

17 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

@Beau Vine watch yer ass

We are actually in Denton for a wedding, but I appreciate the heads-up.  

Neighbors on one side had a dead pecan tree fall (I had hinted several times that they should take it down) and took out part of our fence.  Neighbor on the other side had a tree branch go through her dining room window.  

We actually just spent $2500 3 days ago to take down a 100+ yo oak tree that recently died.

So everything turned out OK for us.  Glad we missed it.

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Has anyone from Hays, Blanco, or maybe Llano County chimed in? Well, except for that one smooth-brained ditch digger from earlier today who, perhaps, wishes he hadn't?

Hays County Smooth-Brain checking in.

We had a couple of healthy trees split. The yard looks like shit with tree shrapnel everywhere.

Husband was smart enough to put the truck in a car wash bay. No damage.

I can’t believe we didn’t lose any windows or a skylight. We got lucky. I picked up 2-3 baseball sized hail pieces in our yard. That shit sounded like Armageddon when it hit. It looked like a tornado was next, but got lucky there too.

Probably won’t be lucky with the roof but we’ll see.
16 minutes ago, tigol said:


Hays County Smooth-Brain checking in.

We had a couple of healthy trees split. The yard looks like shit with tree shrapnel everywhere.

Husband was smart enough to put the truck in a car wash bay. No damage.

I can’t believe we didn’t lose any windows or a skylight. We got lucky. I picked up 2-3 baseball sized hail pieces in our yard. That shit sounded like Armageddon when it hit. It looked like a tornado was next, but got lucky there too.

Probably won’t be lucky with the roof but we’ll see.

I always worry about these bad hail storms since our living area has a lot of big windows that look prime for the taking.  They're somewhat shielded by a live oak which I guess sort of helps but still.  We also have one of those sun tube things which I imagine can get damaged just like a skylight.  

Had family in Driftwood last night when the storm was moving that way - was very uncomfortable having them there but thankfully it swung just west of them.

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My cousin and her husband and kiddos live in Johnson City. They are definitely getting a new roof/gutters. This is from the other night:

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Those bigger numbers keep moving a little west. 
 

 

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Who is in charge of turning the forcefield on for tonight?

Looks like tomorrow is gonna be a maybe for mother's day brunch and a mostly "hell yes" for hanging on the couch with the pups watching movies all day.

12 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

Memorial Day is coming…..

Aren't we a little overdue for a Memorial Day flood? 

Just now, atomheartbevo said:

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No shit.  Let's not tempt whatever gods might exist.

Yesterday I swear KXAN's forecast said 90% chance of rain on Sunday. Now it's 50%.  The NWS forecast said periods of very heavy rain. Now it doesn't. The fuck is going on.

 

27 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Yesterday I swear KXAN's forecast said 90% chance of rain on Sunday. Now it's 50%.  The NWS forecast said periods of very heavy rain. Now it doesn't. The fuck is going on.

 

Business as usual.

28 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

Yesterday I swear KXAN's forecast said 90% chance of rain on Sunday. Now it's 50%.  The NWS forecast said periods of very heavy rain. Now it doesn't. The fuck is going on.

My kid has some stuff going on outside in the afternoon, so it’ll rain then.

3 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Yesterday I swear KXAN's forecast said 90% chance of rain on Sunday. Now it's 50%.  The NWS forecast said periods of very heavy rain. Now it doesn't. The fuck is going on.

 

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Month of May to date:  the Lake Buchanan basin has gotten the most rain in the area, which I suppose is just about optimal.

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1 minute ago, Chet Steadman said:

It’s going to rain everywhere but Austin today isn’t it?

Looks like it's trending north of town, at least until mid-afternoon.

The Colorado is up again this morning. We may get another couple of feet.

 

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1 hour ago, Chet Steadman said:

It’s going to rain everywhere but Austin today isn’t it?

It's raining where we need it Rocket.

Latest from noaa.gov. may 9 2024.

La Niña may develop in June-August (49% chance) or July-September (69% chance; [Fig. 7]).

Hold on a little more el nino. Do not want the high pressure la nina domes this summer. 

We got hit for another 2-3+ inches in most of the are here.  Some serious, torrential downpours that would last 15 minutes then off for 30 then downpour again.   Everything around here is soaking wet.  I tried to put some topsoil and overseed my back yard with Bermuda about 10 days ago.  Pretty sure lost of the seed is in my neighbors yard now.   

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