Weather Alert in Texas
Special Weather Statement issued May 3 at 8:54PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX
AREAS AFFECTED: Tarrant; Dallas; Johnson; Ellis
DESCRIPTION: At 854 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Kennedale, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Arlington, Mansfield, Kennedale, and Pantego around 900 PM CDT. Grand Prairie around 905 PM CDT. Dallas, Cedar Hill, and Cedar Hill State Park around 915 PM CDT. Duncanville around 920 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Lillian, Lake Arlington, Joe Pool Lake, Griffith, Mountain Creek Lake, Briaroaks, Dalworthington Gardens, and Egan. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35W between mile markers 22 and 34. Interstate 35E between mile markers 393 and 405, and between mile markers 431 and 441. Interstate 20 between mile markers 438 and 465. Interstate 30 between mile markers 16 and 43.
INSTRUCTION: If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?
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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions
which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to
their surface.
Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily
destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel
doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation
similar to situations which produce snowfall.
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
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