Today marks 73 years since the devastating 1953 Waco Tornado. This F5 remains one of the deadliest in Texas history, claiming 114 lives and injuring 597, with a path of approximately 23 miles. 🌪️
Learn more about this historic event: https://t.co/6OER8YNWkc
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🚨🌪️ One of our NWS storm survey teams has confirmed that an EF-3 tornado with winds up to 145 mph occurred in Mineral Wells yesterday evening. This is still preliminary and subject to change pending final review. #dfwwx#txwx
@Will_W_Welker Cant do any more bare metal than a Serial Terminal and Kantronics TNC. Each model has BBS builtin and even auto forward to another station. Still in production and not many changes since the 80s.
Packet networks cover hundres of miles.
He’s baaaack! 🐻
The American black bear we’ve been following since July 2025 has reemerged and is making his rounds again in #etx.
This is the first documented black bear to overwinter in East Texas in over 50 years!
Report bear sightings: https://t.co/NgFClb49t2
I've released a major update to https://t.co/2b3bsKnSmy:
~ Dark mode
~ All SPC mesoanalysis products
~ WPC surface analysis
~ Pivotal Weather model data
~ Point soundings
~ Shareable URLs for real-time and archived data
Enjoy, and let me know if you run into any bugs!
The heat is just relentless! High temps for the day were very hot across West Texas with many mesonets reaching 100 deg F. Highest temp was 104 deg F at Palo Duro Reservoir! Tomorrow should be much cooler! #txwx#wtxmesonet