⛈️ Giant Hail, Tornadoes Possible Today in Texas
Baseball to softball size hail possible.
If there ever was a time for “that escalated quickly” in gif form, this day would probably be it. The Storm Prediction Center has outlined an enhanced area for severe storm activity today across Northern and Central Texas. Let’s take a look.
The Setup
A small, compact shortwave trough embedded in a broader area of SW flow aloft will overspread the dryline this afternoon, which is 100% going to cause numerous storms in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma.
The 850mb winds are reasonably strong but they are more out of the southwest, which is less common with tornadoes on the Southern Plains but more common with giant hail events.
500mb winds are creating vey elongated hodographs, coming in at 60kts or more.
Dewpoints are very rich for this time of year, in the mid and even upper 60s.
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