Storm Report for Temple, Bell County, Texas
for Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 12
All Times CDT
Finally!!!......A decent rain without a hail stone or a weather warning in
sight.
The NWS in Fort Worth issued a Hazardous Weather Statement Tuesday morning
stating that North Texas was in a slight risk area for severe weather for
Tuesday afternoon and night due to an approaching cold front. A 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday afternoon, the SPC issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective
until 8 p.m. for Bell County and counties to the west. A line of
thunderstorms formed during the late afternoon about 80 miles NW between
Hamilton and Abilene. This line of storms remained nearly stationary
creeping to the east at 5 mph.
At about the same time, scattered thunderstorms began forming in the
Dallas/Fort Worth area producing heavy rain. At 6 p.m., the NWS in Fort
Worth issued a Flash Flood Watch for all of North Texas with flash flood
warnings going up around the DFW area. A very unusual situation then
developed. As the storms to our west formed a line and moved east, the
storms to our north formed a line and moved south!! It was very interesting
to watch the animated radar and see these two lines move in different
directions.
Just shortly before 8 p.m., the SPC re-issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch
effective until 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. Once again, Bell County was on
the eastern end of this watch area. The line of storms to our west were the
ones that had severe weather with it, especially a supercell that formed
near San Angelo which had a history of tornadoes. The line to our north
contained mainly heavy rain and were moving toward the area at 20 mph.
The line to our west weakened as it moved east and the most intense part of
the line formed a bow echo and moved south of us. The line of storms to our
south produced a gust front that moved past my station just after 10:30
p.m., producing wind gust to near 30 mph. A light rain began and accounted
for .05" of rain by midnight.
The thunderstorms reached my station just after 1 a.m. and brought heavy
rain, frequent lightning and a peak wind gust of 32 mph at 1:15 a.m. The
rain and thunderstorms continued until around 2:30 a.m. with light rain
ending around daybreak.
There were no warnings of any kind with these storms, the first time it has
rained in the county since mid February without some kind of warning being
issued due to severe weather somewhere in the county. I recorded 2.20" of
rain between midnight and the time the rain ended, making for 2.25 " for
this event. The nice soaking rains and the lack of severe weather were the
talk of the town today. I heard rain reports ranging from 1.17" in Temple
to 4.50" near the Belton Dam. Currently, Belton Lake is 5.5' below normal
while Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir is down 1.5'.
Ronnie
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