Lake levels rise after storm but are still less than half-full

Last week’s rain helped bring up lake levels, but we still have a long way to go.

Lake levels rise with this week’s rain

The Lower Colorado River Authority says it expects Lake Travis to rise between 1.3 and 2.4 feet thanks to the rain we’ve received.

Storms, hail possible in Central Texas on Sunday

The National Weather Service reports that we may see some severe weather in Central Texas Sunday.

Lancaster residents wait to return to tornado-ravaged neighborhood

The southern Dallas suburb of Lancaster was one of the hardest hit areas yesterday. The National Weather Service said as many as a dozen tornadoes hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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The folks over at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram are providing pretty steady updates on their blog and on Twitter as well.

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Tornado emergency issued for portions of Texas

Follow updates here: http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/dallas-fort-worth-texas-tornadoes

Live video:  http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Severe-Storms-Building-to-the-West-145934445.html

Image: Radar imagery of twin tornado supercells in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, metro area, via The Weather Channel.

Happy Groundhog Day!

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, but did anyone tell him it hasn’t felt like winter much anyway?

The first day of February felt more like the first day of April. We hit a high of 82 degrees yesterday — just shy of Austin’s record high temperature for Feb. 1.

‘I was so helpess,’ Walnut Place tornado victim says

“It was scary,” Mike Bennett said, his voice wavering and tears building in his eyes as he surveyed what was left of his home on Happy Trail. “I was so helpless. I will do anything to protect my family, and I couldn’t do anything.”

The Bennetts had moved into their newly renovated Northeast Austin home in August. Their home was badly damaged in yesterday’s storm.