Stormy Saturday in the South
Severe thunderstorms rumbled across the southern United States on Saturday. The most intense weather occurred throughout the state of Texas from sun up to sun down. The Lone Star State had several tornado warnings, plenty of lightning strikes, sizable hail, damaging wind gusts, and flooding rainfall.
🌩️ Supercell Thunderstorm🌩️#Severe thunderstorms rattled the Lone Star State on Saturday. Check out this amazing storm just outside of Bryan/College Station, #Texas. #TXwx pic.twitter.com/4ZeGXsbnEA
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 7, 2019
There were several reports of rotating supercell thunderstorms, some of which caused damage. In Milam County, power poles and structural damage caused by thunderstorm winds impacted areas near the city of Thorndale. In the community of Grapeland in Houston County, emergency officials reported hailstones the size of softballs! Hail of all sizes—from pea to golf ball to egg—fell on Texas.
OH #HAIL NO!
Severe hail hit Alto, Texas on Saturday. Our field teams were there to see it all.
The severe weather threat shifts east of Sunday. We'll continue to follow it on WeatherNation. #TXwx @NWSShreveport pic.twitter.com/WSwqmCgYDJ— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 7, 2019
These intense thunderstorms also brought inches of rainfall in the span of just a couple of hours.
In Williamson County, Texas, floodwaters made many roads impassible. Many streets in the capital city of Austin were submerged. And one vehicle in Rockwall drove into a washed out road!
THIS. A prime example of why you should NEVER try to drive through flood waters, you never know what's underneath (or just not there…like a big chunk of this road!) #txwx #turnarounddontdrown pic.twitter.com/kebRgEqMm6
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 6, 2019
WeatherNation’s Meteorologist Joe Astolfi has a look at Saturday’s stormy details here:
Several other states from Louisiana east to Florida experienced severe weather on Saturday as well.
The threat for more storms remains in the forecast for the rest of the weekend and into Monday. Be sure to stay with WeatherNation this spring as the threat for severe weather ramps up.