A Thin Layer Of Transparent Silica Kept Hail From Hitting Me This Afternoon

Thunderstorms with hail possible was the prediction for today.

Thunderstorms have become sort of rare in formerly frequently booming Texas.

It seems the norm in recent times is for predicted storms to predictably not materialize.

Well, today the predicted storm arrived just as predicted. The sky darkened, the wind grew strong, thunder started booming in the distance, then all hell, I mean hail, broke loose.

The biggest hail I have ever been pummeled with.

Well, I myself did not get pummeled, but the windows between me and the outer world took a noisy beating, with the beating being so loud I thought the hail was going to break through.

Calm has now returned. But, my phone just went off yet again with yet one more AccuWeather National Weather Service Severe Thunderstorm Warning. So, I guess it is not over yet.

The video below sort of gives you an idea of the ferocity of this afternoon's hailstorm.

A Rogue Downpour With Hail Gets Me Unexpectedly Wet In My Zone Of Texas

Rain was not in the forecast for my zone of North Texas for this first Saturday of July.

I was sitting here minding my computer business, the view out my computer room window was bright, the sky blue, with a cloud or two.

And then, suddenly, with the sky still bright, hail started hitting my window in copious amounts.

The hail was soon followed with rain mixed in, which then went into downpour mode, as you can see in the picture.

And now, 10 minutes later, only a few stray drops are now falling and the sky is back being bright blue again.

I am seeing no rainbow from my location. But, I have a very limited view.

I think the quirky weather may be my favorite thing about Texas.

Monday Morning Thunderstorm With Hail & A Lot Of Rain Keeps Me Housebound In Texas

Around half past 10 this morning we started storming here in my zone of Texas. Thunder in the distance quickly got closer.

Then the rain started.

Now we are being pounded by hail. The hail is hitting the windows hard. Like rocks.

In the picture you are not looking at hail. Those are big raindrops, coming down in downpour mode, taken from my patio, with my camera under my handy Popabrella rain/sun protection device.

I made the Popabrella website several years ago. You can order your very own Popabrella from the website.

It is very dark now, the rain is still pouring. Not being hit by hail, currently. The rumbling thunder seems to be growing more distant. The eerie darkness is making me nervous.

What happened in Joplin, Missouri yesterday, reinforces, yet again, how deadly and destructive a tornado can be.

Some think the metal of trailer parks attracts tornadoes. If metal attracts tornadoes, that big metal structure about 7 miles east of my location, the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, is like a trailer park on steroids.

I suspect there will be no Tandy Hills hiking for me today. I did get in my morning swim. It was pleasant.