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Spring storms ripped through TX

BlueFinch — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:31:09 GMT

I hate spring storms. I'm not seeing some of our TX posters who might have been in the pathway of our dangerous weather conditions yesterday. Some areas were hit hard with tornadoes. Declared disaster areas. Thinking of, @MamaWick. No posts today.

Seems that the path through TX has continued to cause havoc, having traveled NE. Lots of hail and numerous tornadoes were still being reported this morning. Mississippi was getting pummeled.

I hope that some in the extensive path of these storms will check in to let everyone know they're okay.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:37:18 GMT

@BlueFinch I believe the Wicks have out-of-town guests. They are NE of San Antonio; were there tornadoes in that area? They seem to be worse than usual in Texas this year.

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SharkE — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:49:03 GMT

just had slushy snow in Amarillo about melted but we needed what water it bought.

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Texas Gray Wolf — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:59:08 GMT

We live in Northeast Texas (ArkLaTex). We received 2.7 inches of much needed rain....lots of thunder and lightning, no tornado. We were under a tornado watch until 3 a.m.

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On It — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:20:25 GMT

A lot of the tornadoes were in the vicinity of the I 35 corridor. Jackboro which is west of Fort Worth had an elementary school heavily damaged with 500 students and some of their parents who were in the pick up line sheltering in the interior. Following down the interstate Round Rock north of Austin had extensive damage. The town of Elgin on the eastern side of Austin was also damaged.

I 35 is where the humidity levels increase considerably due to the terrain and the closer proximity to the Gulf of Mexico moisture. A strong line of thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes formed along that corridor and spun those tornadoes. The line moved eastward. Dallas had many reports of rotation and tornadic storms.

About two-thirds of Texas is West of I 35 and has been battling wildfires for the past two days. I am in West Texas about 5 hours from the closest tornado. We are having horrible winds. Earlier today our area had 60 mph gusts.

From her posts I have concluded MamaWick is west of Austin in the Hill Country. I have not heard of any tornadoes in that vicinity.

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Boomernichols — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:55:22 GMT

@BlueFinch I too glanced for her pictures of the deer and Willow to no avail. I live in north Mississippi and our weather watch just expired at 7:00 tonight. We had lots of heavy rain in our area today where I questioned if we would need to do the backstroke. In my area of Mississippi our little town received 3 to 5 inches. I feel blessed because some in our are were not so lucky.

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Spacrazy — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:21:09 GMT

@BlueFinch Thank you for the thoughtful and caring post. My family and I are in Texas just east of Dallas.

Once again we are good but too close for comfort. Son in law just came in from checking on live stock and all are accounted for so that's a huge relief.

We are blessed.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:23:15 GMT

There were several fires in central Texas just recently. The high winds were fueling and spreading them. Then the areas got a little bit of rain and it helped but some are still smoldering last I heard. My friend's house was just 5 miles away from one of those large grass fires. One tiny town was nearly all burned down she said.

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Texasmouse — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:27:54 GMT

We were fortunate here, just outside the northwest part of San Antonio. Just rain, nothing severe, thank God. Some pockets in the area got fairly large hail but we were spared this time, unlike the disaster we experienced in 2016.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:28:17 GMT

Apoarently one or several tornadoes struck New Orleans this evening.

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on the bay — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 02:29:43 GMT

@Boomernichols, @BlueFinch,

@MamaWick, said she might not post pictures every day this week because of her guests.

@On It,Thanks so much for that detailed report!

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BlueFinch — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 06:59:59 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@BlueFinch I believe the Wicks have out-of-town guests. They are NE of San Antonio; were there tornadoes in that area? They seem to be worse than usual in Texas this year.

@Kachina624 Yeah, I know she has guests, but she's still been posting, so I was keeping a watch for her. I'm not sure if her location was hit, but it may have been. I think I heard her area mentioned on the news at one point, but didn't get details.

NE of SA had some bad areas. Austin, Round Rock, and several of the smaller little towns had damage. This storm chain worked it's way across TX, except W, where we needed it for fires second to severe drought. It left TX, but was still fueled up, hitting states from SE to NE causing further damage. Powerful storm system.

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MamaWick — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:17:34 GMT

We, our guests, and both puppies are okay. Thanks for thinking of us. We got about 1.5 inches of rain. Round Rock is north of Austin, and they took the brunt 😪

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Cakers3 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:27:04 GMT

The NE corridor of I-35 always seems to get the worst of storms. Then they continue on into Texarkana and onto Louisiana where NO was hit fiercely.

We only had a few "booms" and some rain, which is always needed.

One death reported.

The upflow from the Gulf feeds the storms, too.

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BlueFinch — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:35:36 GMT

@MamaWick wrote:
We, our guests, and both puppies are okay. Thanks for thinking of us. We got about 1.5 inches of rain. Round Rock is north of Austin, and they took the brunt 😪

@MamaWick Good to hear. You had some of us worried for a bit.

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Spurt — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:05:50 GMT

@BlueFinch @Kachina624

Thank you for your concern, although we got lots of tornado watch warnings, thankfully the storms and tornadoes didnt hit the San Antonio area. Sadly, the storms did hit parts of Central and East Texas, especially the Austin and College Station area, there was damage to buildings in the Austin suburbs Round Rock, Crockett, and Elgin areas, and 5 tornadoes hit the North Texas area.......One survivor was able to find her kitten that had been missing for 24 hours.....

Areas in North Texas and those near the Oklahoma border especially around Wichita Falls area are susceptible to tornadoes....

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BlueFinch — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:01:25 GMT

@Cakers3 You're right. We've learned where to expect the storms to be fierce. This storm system did surprise some, since it just kept on full strength, from central through NE TX, then hitting neighboring states with a vengeance. I thought it would slow down some, but it just wouldn't give up. It was what they call: 'The perfect storm.'

As the videos keep coming in (even today) showing damages, across TX and beyond, it's almost unbelievable that there weren't many casualties. That's much to be grateful for, but many have a lot ahead of them to rebuild their lives. It's always so sad.