N Texas Red Cross is worn out.
They were still working the tragedy in West Tx, then 16 tornadoes in N Texas.
Now this.
Today is shaping up for more of the same.
Williamson
Special Weather Statement in effect
EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS POISED TO ERUPT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING
RICH LOW LEVEL GULF MOISTURE COUPLED WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES ALOFT HAVE RESULTED IN AN EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR-MASS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHING EAST OVER CENTRAL TEXAS WILL SLIDE A COLD FRONT INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY BY LATE AFTERNOON
QUICKLY BECOMING SEVERE AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS THIS UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
HOWEVER WITH THE EXTREME INSTABILITY PRESENT
ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL BE AFFECTED FROM LATE AFTERNOON UNTIL THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION
RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITHIN THE HEAVIEST STORMS PRODUCING SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. HEIGHTENED CONCERN EXISTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR THIS EVENING
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BURNET
GEORGETOWN
AUSTIN AND GIDDINGS. EROSION OF THE CAPPING INVERSION COUPLED WITH EXTREME INSTABILITY ALONG THE FRONT AND AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET
MAY LEAD TO VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE SYSTEM SHOULD EXIT THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH RAINS AND SEVERE WEATHER ENDING FROM THE WEST.
U of Oklahoma opened a lot of their housing facilities to those who needed shelter.
Walmart Emergency Center was loading trucks and contacting ‘associates’ in impacted areas. WMT is good about providing major help during such crises.
News9 TV station in OKC area was taking donations yesterday (food, money, basics). They said the money would be handed to the Red Cross for ‘use’.