Two bow echoes sweeping Central Texas from the west, the lower one dead west of Austin. Must admit I never heard of these things before, but they are not good, according to the weather service which produced the graphic as part of its mesoscale discussion on current conditions. "…downbursts from long-lived intense bow echoes called derechos (Hinrichs 1888) account for the majority of casualties and damage resulting from convectively induced nontornadic winds in the United States."
UPDATE Good education, but no serious winds at the rancho, some hail north at Georgetown, and lots of rain in the western hills. Which should bring the lakes up again. The storms have moved southeast, for the most part, now at a few minutes after 11 p.m..
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 