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Fair enough. If they're tech-oriented companies, that's understandable. I don't see the actual manufacturing auto suppliers like Lear or Visteon leaving.

Unless these are tech-oriented companies, the talent pool part doesn't check out. Tampa, while a very nice city (one of my favorites), has a laughable pool of educated talent and Austin is only good for tech talent. Detroit is still (by far) the place auto companies want to be in order to easily attract/poach talent, especially Mechanical Engineers.

I live in a highly desirable area (Whole Foods / Trader Joes nearby, tons of corporate offices, tons of festivals, every type of chain, independent & ethnic restaurant you can think of, light rail line set to open in 2023, etc.) and I don't pay anywhere near "a couple grand per month." No place is perfect. That said, trees here have been near full bloom for the past couple of week, it's been consistently in the 70s & 80s since the event in February, job opportunities are plentiful and I don't have to pay an income tax. The positives definitely seem to outweight the negatives that come with once in a century weather.

Have you ever lived in Texas?

Do you know what date the new normals will officially be released? I imagine they're going to be warmer for much of the country. It was definitely a more torchy period than not.

I don't recall there ever being so many hail reports in a day (I'm sure there has been, but it doesn't happen often), especially spread across such a wide area and outpacing wind reports 2-to-1.

For perspective, baseball-sized hail is only 2.75" in diameter: 0104 300 ITALY ELLIS TX 3219 9689 IMAGE OF MEASURED 3 INCH HAIL. (FWD)

Mesoscale Discussion 0354 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0821 PM CDT Fri Apr 09 2021 Areas affected...parts of north Texas Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 82... Valid 100121Z - 100415Z The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 82 continues. SUMMARY...Sporadic cells capable of large hail remain possible within WW 82. A squall line is expected to back build southwestward along the front later this evening, with damaging wind potential into north Texas. DISCUSSION...The 00Z FWD sounding shows strong instability, with very steep lapse rates aloft and around 3500 J/kg MLCAPE. The hodograph is mostly straightline, supporting splitting cells in the Dallas area. A strong cold front is currently surging southeast across southern OK and into northwest TX. A squall line is taking shape over southern OK, and further back building is expected as the strong convergence interacts with the more unstable air mass south of the Red River. Therefore, in addition to a hail threat in the short term, a damaging wind threat may take shape over the next several hours. It is difficult to determine how far southwest the squall line will build, but portions of the I-35 corridor may be at risk this evening. ..Jewell.. 04/10/2021 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN... LAT...LON 31449788 32719731 33449692 33959680 34149637 34099567 33829523 32859547 31869575 31519628 31219703 31129752 31449788

Severe Thunderstorm Warning TXC113-100200- /O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0065.210410T0059Z-210410T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 759 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Dallas County in north central Texas... * Until 900 PM CDT. * At 758 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rowlett, moving east at 20 mph. Another severe thunderstorms was located near Cockrell Hill moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Dallas, Garland, Irving, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Carrollton, Richardson, Rowlett, Wylie, Duncanville, Lancaster, Farmers Branch, University Park, Sachse, Addison, Highland Park, Cockrell Hill and Buckingham. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35E between mile markers 418 and 440. Interstate 20 between mile markers 467 and 471. Interstate 30 between mile markers 34 and 57. Interstate 45 between mile markers 276 and 284. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. && LAT...LON 3298 9652 3262 9676 3272 9704 3299 9685 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 283DEG 17KT 3288 9659 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...60MPH $$

Cells have gone up along I-30 now, from SW Dallas to Rowlett

No.

Well damn. It looks like the cap is gone too.

There's still a brief window for something to develop as the cold front pushes through. This is the latest HRRR's forecast sounding at 00z.

We're getting an awesome sunset, with the thick layer of haze and the increasing CU field. The sky literally looks like fire.

And here's the video of the hail from Grandview, TX

It looks like another cell might be trying to develop just north of that monster cell off its outflow, which (if it does) would impact the southside of Dallas proper.

2326 175 GRANDVIEW JOHNSON TX 3227 9718 SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. (FWD) 2320 150 GRANDVIEW JOHNSON TX 3227 9718 SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF PING PONG SIZE HAIL. (FWD) 2325 200 1 ENE GRANDVIEW JOHNSON TX 3227 9717 SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF MEASURED 2 INCH HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (FWD)

Severe Thunderstorm Warning TXC113-100045- /O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0061.210410T0001Z-210410T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 701 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Dallas County in north central Texas... * Until 745 PM CDT. * At 701 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ovilla, or over Glenn Heights, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Dallas, Garland, Grand Prairie, Mesquite, Rowlett, Desoto, Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Lancaster, Balch Springs, Seagoville, Glenn Heights, Red Oak, Hutchins, Cockrell Hill, Sunnyvale, Wilmer, Ovilla, Ferris and Combine. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35E between mile markers 411 and 428. Interstate 20 between mile markers 459 and 484. Interstate 30 between mile markers 42 and 64. Interstate 45 between mile markers 267 and 284. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. && LAT...LON 3254 9653 3255 9704 3257 9704 3277 9686 3290 9652 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 248DEG 31KT 3254 9689 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...60MPH $$ 12

And here we go... Severe Thunderstorm Warning TXC139-217-251-100030- /O.NEW.KFWD.SV.W.0059.210409T2323Z-210410T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Fort Worth TX 623 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 The National Weather Service in Fort Worth has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Johnson County in north central Texas... Northeastern Hill County in central Texas... Southwestern Ellis County in north central Texas... * Until 730 PM CDT. * At 623 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grandview, or 9 miles south of Alvarado, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Waxahachie, Italy, Grandview, Maypearl, Milford and Mertens. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35W between mile markers 8 and 22. Interstate 35E between mile markers 376 and 397. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection get inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows. && LAT...LON 3214 9676 3207 9690 3201 9685 3200 9686 3223 9725 3236 9720 3237 9676 3216 9674 TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 284DEG 13KT 3228 9717 HAIL...1.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ 12

It looks like a nice cell is finally trying to get going down towards Alvarado, TX.

It's only the first part of April though Got a good 2 months to go before the climatological peak for severe weather in Indianapolis.

Not really sure why it looks like this, but it shows the cap has weakened significantly...

Yes, that's it. Right behind it, Mineral Wells is at 92*F.