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OT:Bad Weather

15 years ago

Hey just wanted everyone to know that we are in for a ruff night with thunderstorms,high winds and possibly hail. North Texas is under a tornado watch and high wind advisory.Please be careful this evening and make sure to move any plants under some good shelter from the hail or make sure any potted plants will not get blown away.Storms are already moving in from the south.

Rigo

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carrie751
15 years ago
Rigo, where are you? It has just now started with a shower here in Copper Canyon. I am hoping for no hail, to say the least, but the rain will be nice. Maybe even fill my pond.
rigo74
Original Author
15 years ago
carrie751 I am in Ft Worth just north of you but nothing happening here yet.Hope your pond gets filled at least half way If not all the way.

Rigo
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rigo74
Original Author
15 years ago
Looks like the bad weather will be over most of us in N.Texas around 9pm and done with by 3am.Be safe and hope you have your plants under some type of shelter.

Rigo
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
15 years ago
We had some hail around 9:30. I didn't go out to see how big it was, but it was loud. We had little rain, but probably not over a quarter of an inch. Bob was out in it on 37 north of downtown San Antonio. It was pouring rain and traffic on the freeway slowed to 5 mi per hour with everybody just creeping along following the headlights in front of them. I'm just glad it rained somewhere!

I trust everyone is okay and enjoying a little wet weather for a change!
knittlin
15 years ago
I'm in Spicewood, about an hour west of Austin, and we got a bit of rain. I'm kind of afraid to check the rain gauge, afraid I'll be disappointed. ;) We did get some hail as well, but small and only enough to make a few ticking noises on the windows at the beginning of the storm.

Man, I LOVE thunderstorms. Can't wait for more.
carrie751
15 years ago
I was fortunate again to get ONLY rain. I don't know how much, but anything will help. Some of the neighboring areas got damage from the wind, but hopefully, not too bad.
marlingardener
15 years ago
Our pond is full! The heavy rain, hail and possible straight-line winds predicted for here didn't happen. We did get a half-inch of rain, which on top of the 1.2" we got last week sure has helped.
We are about 20 miles southeast of Waco. Waco itself had wind damage downtown--roofs blown off, trees down, and we all had power outages.
Sure hope everyone got off as easily as we did.
PKponder TX Z7B
15 years ago
We had some stuff blown around and did get a good amount of rain. Our neighbor's trampoline is a twisted mess. I heard lots of scary noise outside, but didn't realize what happened until daylight. No real damage at our house, just cleanup.

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sam_mocotx
15 years ago
We had lots of heavy wind here. I kept getting up to check and make sure that some of the tress Ike leaned over for us did not come all the way down, especially the one near the car. Luckily we just had branches down and my pots were blown off the front deck. We did get 1/2 inch but are still about 5" behind.

Glad to hear that others made it through okay and hope the rest did too.

Sam
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
15 years ago
My rain gauge showed .6 an inch. Yea!
rigo74
Original Author
15 years ago
Glad to hear evryone got some well needed rain and little damage, like some to the north of us.

Rigo
pjtexgirl
15 years ago
Lots of water even more wind! PJ

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