Weather Alert in Texas
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 4 at 7:27PM CST until March 4 at 8:30PM CST by NWS Fort Worth TX
AREAS AFFECTED: Ellis, TX; Johnson, TX
DESCRIPTION: SVRFWD The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Johnson County in north central Texas... Northwestern Ellis County in north central Texas... * Until 830 PM CST. * At 727 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grandview, or 7 miles south of Keene, moving north at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Alvarado around 745 PM CST. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Lillian, Rio Vista, Parker, Griffith, Sand Flat, Coyote Flats, and Joe Pool Lake. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35W between mile markers 14 and 30.
INSTRUCTION: For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows.
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Weather Topic: What is Rain?
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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.
Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have
an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island.
Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of
cities is 30% greater.
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
freezing rain.
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