5.26.2009

Radar vs. Photo

I was driving to Fort Worth around 6:00 and noticed the huge storm that looked like it was just south of Newark. The picture was taken about one mile north of Rhome headed southbound on 287. The screenshot of my iPhone shows the actual size and location of the storm at the time. Cool. Edit: Then that little blob grew, split in half, and headed towards Decatur landing at around 7:50 p.m. Edit: Radar on Channel 21 at 8:12 p.m. Email from downtown Paradise: Email from a Decatur reader (Holy cow, those things are huge): This from emailer James in Decatur: And another: And one that looks like a Medieval weapon: From emailer Mary "about two miles north of Decatur":