Tornado Warned Storms *Radar*

Here is a couple of radar shots of the Tornado Warned Storm that was closest to my house.  Weather Radio was saying a couple of homes in Godley (on the radar) were hit and destroyed, I guess the news will show that tonight if true.

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Tornado Warning Radar

Tornado Warning Radar

Current Radar – Severe T-Storm Warning

This is close…

 Svr Thunderstorm Warning

Tornado Watch #148

http://spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0148.html

Tornado watch #148 was just issued for our area today till 9pm.  Radar is indicating clear skies and some storms starting to fire out west..

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 200 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
   
TORNADOES…HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER…THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH…AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

DISCUSSION…SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE DRYLINE OVER NORTH CENTRAL TX IN THE NEXT HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY IN ENVIRONMENT OF HIGH CAPE VALUES AND FAVORABLE VERTICAL SHEAR.  SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED.  THREAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING.

Meso. Disc. #521 Issued

http://spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0521.html

Looks like things might be getting rough around here in a little bit.  According to this it looks like a tornado or severe thunderstorm watch will be issued…

Here is one thing they mention:
THIS HAS RESULTED IN STRONG SURFACE HEATING WITHIN A MOIST AIR MASS.
   THUS…FURTHER DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED AS MLCAPE VALUES INCREASE
   TO GREATER THAN 1500 J/KG.  and this
MODERATE INSTABILITY AND INCREASING DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES WILL SUPPORT DISCRETE
   SUPERCELLS.

Outside it’s really humid and clearing up nicely..  =)  Yeah

Edit:  Just got this from the hazardous outlook:
GIVEN THE AVAILABLE INSTABILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…MANY
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND
DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY
IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA. IN ADDITION TO ANY SEVERE WEATHER…VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS WHICH WILL RESULT
IN AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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Soccer Game Today

Today we had another game.  We finally won a game 4-1.  We played a lot better than the past, and the girls were winning headers and the 50/50 balls.  They did such a great job.  Hopefully they wont forget too soon how we played and carry over what we learned today in to tomorrow’s game and all future games..

Off to Seattle

Looks like my mom’s surgery has been moved up from May to April, so it looks like I get to head home to Seattle sooner than later.  It’s been since last July since I have been home last and I’m looking forward to it. 

I also hope I will be able to check out a Seattle Sounders game while I’m there..

Smoking + Oxygen = ???

So I was cracking up this morning as I was laying in bed watching the news avoiding what I really had to do which was to get up and get ready for work.  I like to procrastinate doing that.

So the news popped on and talked about this lady who’s couch caught fire because she was smoking.  Here is a little part of the news article (nbc5i.com):
“The woman tried to extinguish the fire herself before calling 911. Firefighters said they found her overcome from smoke inhalation and administered CPR before taking her to the hospital in critical condition.”

But here is the really interesting part..  She was smoking while on an oxygen tank.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELLO…  I think she is pretty luckly to be alive and not in a ton of pieces in her living room…

And one last thing, she didnt have a smoke alarm installed so the guy that was renting a room had no idea that there was a problem.

Link:  http://www.nbc5i.com/news/15709498/detail.html