May Lies. Watch the Skies. Ominous Advisories Hoisted Over Texas

[Gabby Hayes]

The birds are unusually quiet this morning in Austin and the sky has a green hue.

Excerpt from the Austin-San Antonio NWS forecast for South-Central Texas

May 21 -- "...EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS POISED TO ERUPT IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING..."

Excerpt from the Dallas-Ft. Worth NWS forecast for North Central Texas:

May 21 -- "THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL LARGER THAN
TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TORNADO THREAT
WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY...WITH STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES A
POSSIBILITY. BY MID AFTERNOON THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
INTO A SQUALL LINE...INCREASING THE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND
POTENTIAL. THE SQUALL LINE SHOULD EXIT THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES
BY LATE EVENING."

[pipoman]

1. 'Tis the season..

[dgibby]

2. The last time I saw a green hue in the sky,

a tornado tore through the main street in Summerville, SC, and resulted in a couple of deaths, IIRC. Be careful and stay safe.

[aikoaiko]

4. I saw that green sky once and it preceded a tornado.

Creepy green.

[SharonAnn]

5. Yes, in Iowa that's a certain sign of tornado weather.

[blkmusclmachine]

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