2:19pm - Tennis ball size hail is currently falling near Bowie. Storm continues moving to the northeast at 35 mph. Seek shelter immediately! #txwx pic.twitter.com/cW4roXB7DM

— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) May 9, 2024

2:35pm - Golf ball size hail is approaching the Tioga and Pilot Point areas. Seek shelter if you're in the path of this storm! #dfwwx #txwx pic.twitter.com/JYqeVwDJiV

— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) May 9, 2024

beatlesphan said:

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FTAG, how does one check on the status of "the cap"?

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Good question.

The National Weather Service will periodically post that info with Skew-T graphs, or a lot of times just put out an update that says it's capped or not on Facebook or X.


It's tough to find without hunting sometimes though.

Some of the good and informative mets on facebook and X will share it more readily than the NWS, in my experience.

Following guys like POW Ponder, Evan Andrews, and Steve McCauley should get you good info and filter out a lot of the noise in the DFW tv market.


Just a quick update on this afternoon - the stuff north of us is putting down golf to tennis ball size hail.

Storm by Mineral Wells is the one to watch for the metro. That, and any other storms that form in its vicinity or out ahead of it.

It looks like the storms to the north have fleshed out an outflow boundary that is racing south. This seems to be pulling the western storms more south - southeast.

Those cells like they will impact the west - southwest - south areas of Ft. Worth and areas to the south (Waxahachie, Hillsboro, etc.) and miss Dallas metro proper completely.

yup, looks like its going to skirt us

Wild stuff. We were staring down the barrel of that gun here in Wise county.

Yeah that outflow boundary did dfw and all our insurance premiums a solid.

About to fire up the sprinklers.

ChoppinDs40 said:

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About to fire up the sprinklers.

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I'd wait a bit.

Another round is firing up around Denton and heading this way.

Don't think it'll be severe but might get a soaker out of it.

FTAG 2000 said:

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ChoppinDs40 said:

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About to fire up the sprinklers.

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I'd wait a bit.

Another round is firing up around Denton and heading this way.

Don't think it'll be severe but might get a soaker out of it.

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FTAG 2000 said:

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ChoppinDs40 said:

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About to fire up the sprinklers.

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I'd wait a bit.

Another round is firing up around Denton and heading this way.

Don't think it'll be severe but might get a soaker out of it.

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Toooo latttee

Well, it got cloudy here for a bit in McKinney. So that's something I guess.

Well this is the third consecutive "major storm alert" that didn't even produce a drop of rain for me. And I get it. That happens. But what amazes me is the dramatic forecast changes with two hours. Earlier today we were gonna get blasted between 2-7pm. Then at 2pm it said significant thunderstorms from 4-6pm. Then at 4 it said thunderstorms coming between 6-8. And now at 6:30, the forecast calls for cloudy skies.

ChoppinDs40 said:

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FTAG 2000 said:

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ChoppinDs40 said:

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About to fire up the sprinklers.

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I'd wait a bit.

Another round is firing up around Denton and heading this way.

Don't think it'll be severe but might get a soaker out of it.

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Toooo latttee

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lol. Good. That wimpy little two minute shower about 15 minutes ago is all we are getting in Prosper.

They just had baseball size hail on edges of Hillsboro. That storm was headed straight for a run through FTW and Dallas along i20 before that outflow boundary sent it south.

Texas State - San Marcos fixing to take a direct hit from a tornado. Hoping that's not on the ground.

TheCurl84 said:

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Well this is the third consecutive "major storm alert" that didn't even produce a drop of rain for me. And I get it. That happens. But what amazes me is the dramatic forecast changes with two hours. Earlier today we were gonna get blasted between 2-7pm. Then at 2pm it said significant thunderstorms from 4-6pm. Then at 4 it said thunderstorms coming between 6-8. And now at 6:30, the forecast calls for cloudy skies.

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Understand the science and variables. Wosh they would stop going so full Armageddon every single time there is the slightest chance. At least until they see real signatures. Personally I have started to just ignore the warnings/watches. Whether it is because they are covering too large an area or just craving ratings, they are wrong too often.