Weather Alert in Texas
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 2 at 3:06PM CDT until August 2 at 3:30PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX
AREAS AFFECTED: Bell, TX
DESCRIPTION: At 305 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Temple, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 259 PM CDT, a 60 mph wind gust was reported 2 miles east of Morgan's Point Resort. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe storm will be near... Temple around 310 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Pendleton, Owl Creek, Moffat, Woodland, and White Hall.
INSTRUCTION: For your protection stay inside a sturdy structure and keep away from windows. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. If on or near Belton Lake, get off the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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