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The outline map for tornado watch 231, which is effective until 4 PM today, is attached. The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Central and East/Southeast Texas * Effective this Tuesday morning and afternoon from until 4:00 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms are expected to develop near a warm front across the region with other storms related to an eastward-moving cluster of storms across central Texas early today. Tornado potential is apparent, including the possibility of strong tornadoes. Damaging winds and large hail are also expected. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 65 statute miles north and south of a line from 65 miles north northwest of San Antonio TX to 35 miles southeast of Huntsville TX. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. &&

Mother Nature has conjured up what could turn out to be a very bad day across a broad swath of central and southeast Texas. The attached Day-1 convective outlook image from SPC shows that Madison and Walker counties are near the center line of an enhanced risk (Level 3 of 5) area and all severe weather forms are possible including large hail, damaging winds, excessive rainfall, and possible strong tornadoes. In addition to the enhanced severe risk, a flash flood watch is in effect north of IH 10. A strong storm system will be moving across the region bringing scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms The environment is conducive to produce severe thunderstorms later this morning into the evening hours. Therefore, storms could become strong to severe as they move/develop across the region. All types of severe weather hazards arepossible today. There is an elevated risk of tornadoes, possibly becoming strong, along with damaging winds, large hail and localized heavy rainfall. Estimated rainfall totals of up to 1 to 3 inches are expected, with isolated 3 to 6 inches in the Watch area. The best window for severe weather and heavy rainfall is from 11 AM to 10 PM this evening. A few showers/storms (non-severe) will still be possible overnight. However, even non-severe storms can drop considerable rain in a short period of time. Last night, roughly between 10 and 11 PM, my automatic gauge located three miles east of Buc-ee's in Madison County picked up 3.11 inches with its internal computer occasionally measuring a rainfall rate of more than 13 inches an hour. Fortunately, bursts of that magnitude were short lived. WEDNESDAY: Showers, locally heavy and thunderstorms will continue early Wednesday morning, with the best focus for along the coast. Strong to severe storms and locally heavy rain will be possible, mainly in the morning hours as the main cold front moves through. Jim Robinson,, W5ZYX Get BlueMail for Desktop

I would like to put this out to club membership via email and group.io for a vote. I need to know those in favor/against for spending the cost estimate to upgrade our antenna for the148.860 repeater. This does not include the tower climber. I will get an estimate for those services asap. We need to vote on this issue immediately to secure the antenna and mounts before the depot is out. There is 1 antenna left.....! There is NO MEETING THIS MONTH!!! Voting will cease at 12:00 PM TOMORROW, May 6, 2025. Respectfully, Russ Cooper NR5US, VP Paul Gilbert has priced some of the components we need for the club repeater repair and upgrade. This is the best deal. Since we will not have a club meeting this month we are doing the vote by email. Please reply yes to indicate approval and no to disapprove this purchase, within 24 hours. Thank you- Laura McDonald Thank you,

Dwayne Walters has some free firewood! He lost the top 30 ft. of a red oak tree in last night's storm. He can help by cutting to the desired length but has no way to split the wood. 979-676-8518 give him a text if you want to lay claim!

SPC has placed most of southeast Texas under an enhanced risk (Level 3 of 5) for severe weather today and a slight risk (Level 2 of 5) exists for excessive rainfall. The severe threat begins to unfold by around 10 AM thanks to daytime heating and, at the same time, the models show an area of PVA (lifting) moving into our area ahead of the approaching cold front. As PVA increases and both instability and atmospheric shear increase, thunderstorm activity will slowly trend upward. By about 1 or so the cold front should begin to push into southeast Texas and thunderstorm activity should increase even more and is likely to remain with us until close to or after dark. Thanks to the cold front, however, Saturday's weather should be much quieter. Some of today's storms will be training, which enhances the chance of flash flooding. In terms of severe potential, all risks are on the table including damaging winds, large hail, and the possibility of a few isolated tornadoes. The SPC Day-1 outlook graphic is attached. Jim Robinson, W5ZYX

Subject: [DMRTexas] Radio Balloon Launch - Saturday May 3 @ 9:00AM forwarding from: https://dmrtexas.groups.io/g/group/topic/radio_balloon_launch/112533721 Good evening! The Richardson Area Balloonatics / Richardson Wireless Klub will be launching a high-altitude weather balloon this coming Saturday, weather and upper atmosphere conditions permitting. The launch will be from Aubrey (details below), just north of the DFW metroplex, but near apogee at 100,000ft we expect coverage to include most of Texas and Oklahoma, with some Arkansas and Louisiana coverage as well. The flight is expected to last around 2.5 hours (9:00AM to ~11:00AM ascent, and on the ground by noon). We will have a special event QSL card if you receive images/tracking data from the balloon or make contact through the DMR repeater. See https://www.k5rwk.org/2025/04/29/rwk-balloon-launch-saturday-5-3/ (and the form at the bottom) to submit for a QSL card or Worked All Payloads ("WAP") award. Ways to participate from afar: * Track the payloads at https://amateur.sondehub.org/ (look for K5RWK and KE5GDB) * Receive SSTV pictures in real-time - 432.5 MHz / Robot 36 * Make contacts through the DMR repeater - 441.0 MHz / CC1 / TS1 / TG99 / Simplex * Listen to the KD5OUG Digi-talker on 146.52 MHz * Decode our tracking payloads - "Horus Binary v2" on 432.7 MHz and 432.8 MHz (decode using upper sideband and Horus GUI or https://horus.sondehub.org), K5UTD on 20m WSPR * Watch live images stream in via Wenet at https://ssdv.habhub.org/KE5GDB Participate in person: * Launch site will be the Greenbelt / 428 Park in Aubrey TX (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Kn1LPfyvQgpNrZwE7) * Launch prep begins at 8:00AM with a target launch time of 9:00AM * If chasing, please carpool -- we've had congestion issues before * Chase simplex is on 146.54MHz -- please bring at least an HT that can talk on 146.54 if chasing In addition to the radio payloads, we'll have a few 360° cameras onboard to record the flight. Currently the weather forecast and expected trajectory are favorable for a launch on Saturday. I'll be sending more details regularly to [email protected] and [email protected] and a final update on Friday to this group. We hope to see you at the launch or hear you on the repeater! (Please forward this to any other interested clubs/groups/parties) 73 de KE5GDB