BELTON, TX UNDER THE GUN!!!!!

8:40 PM - I need to go offline for the rest of the evening. I expect to be chasing tomorrow myself down around Lubbock or maybe S/SE of there. I've saved a bunch of radar images of this evening's supercell and will try to post them later in the week.

8:35 PM UPDATE - Still a very dangerous and potentially tornadic storm moving southward. Hook approaching Hutto. However, outflow boundary appears to be surging southward ahead of the storm according to radar. So, the storm *might* becoming a bit more outflowish. The whole area along the front is starting to fill in now, so maybe we are seeing a transition to a line segment. This monster storm produced 4.5 inch hail earlier near Mountain Home.

8:10 PM - UPDATE - Supercell bewtween Georgetown and Granger is still very dangerous. New updraft exploding now over Wier according to VILs. Storm appears to be developing a bit west of due south. Round Rock to Hutto to Taylor are going to be in danger.

From KVUE.com :
Tornado-producing storms ripped through Bell County leaving baseball sized hail and damage behind. There were five tornado touchdowns reported in the area according to Bell County Sheriff's Dept. The first touchdown was confirmed by radar near Morgan’s Point. Another tornado landed in the vicinity of the Belton Wal-Mart, but no homes or businesses were reported damaged. Bell County Sheriff’s Department also reported a tornado crossing Holland’s Main Street.

AT 746 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR WALBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 13 MPH.

7:50PM UPDATE: Strong rotation near the west side of Granger. NWS-SAT better get their act together. They finally reissued the TOR after the other one had expired for nearly 10 minutes.

7:40 PM UPDATE - Storm is nearly over the radar site. Radar from San Antonio shows the storm is organizing again and is still very dangerous...now NE of Georgetown approaching Weir and moving south. Rotation is still strong.

7:32PM UPDATE: Tornadic cell is looking abit more disorganized, but still moving southward into a favorable airmass. Continued updraft propogation noted very near I-35. Still awaiting updates. Will post a radar image of the storm as it was over Belton.

7:01 PM A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 21 MPH.

7:02 PM UPDATE - Tornadic storm still moving south with strong rotation. Awaiting reports on damage in Belton. It is densely populated and the tornado could have moved along and near I-35. In addition, baseball and softball hail pummeled Belton and I-35 likely resulting in extensive, severe damage to numerous vehicles. Again, still awaiting some sort of information feed.

6:20PM MEDIA REPORTS TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR FIRE STATION 2 IN BELTON

AT 629 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 18 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED POWER FLASHES AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 190 AND INTERSTATE 35 AT 628 PM CDT...ASSOCIATED WITH A TORNADO ON THE GROUND.

AT 622 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN BELTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 16 MPH.

AT 607 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO NEAR BELTON..MOVING SOUTH AT 16 MPH.