Temple and Bell County Cities Under Tornado Watch
The local weather has certainly been a roller coaster of situations in Central Texas and today , shortly after 1 pm, the National Weather Service released a Tornado Watch specifically for Temple, though it includes many Central Texas counties including Bell and Coryell.
We have included the official NWS warning below:
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 124
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
105 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2016
TORNADO WATCH 124 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ANDERSON BELL BOSQUE
COLLIN COMANCHE COOKE
CORYELL DALLAS DELTA
DENTON ELLIS ERATH
FALLS FANNIN FREESTONE
GRAYSON HAMILTON HENDERSON
HILL HOOD HOPKINS
HUNT JOHNSON KAUFMAN
LAMAR LAMPASAS LEON
LIMESTONE MCLENNAN MILAM
MILLS MONTAGUE NAVARRO
PARKER RAINS ROBERTSON
ROCKWALL SOMERVELL TARRANT
VAN ZANDT WISE
And if you missed the excitement from earlier, NWS also put out a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Central Texas:
DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN A DRYLINE INVADES
FROM THE WEST. IN ADVANCE OF THE BOUNDARY...A VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE LARGELY UNCAPPED AT PEAK HEATING...AS AN
APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE PROVIDES LIFT TO HELP INITIATE
STORMS. STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL AID IN STORM MAINTENANCE
AND MAY RESULT IN SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY OVERTAKE THE DRYLINE...AND THE
RESULTING BOUNDARY MAY LINGER ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE STALLED FRONT...BUT A LACK OF FORCING MAY LIMIT
THE EXTENT AND INTENSITY OF THE ACTIVITY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.
Be careful this weekend - especially those who will be driving and enjoying outdoor festivities such as Bloomin' Temple.