{"id":287723,"date":"2026-05-11T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/287723\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:41:11","slug":"ominous-roll-clouds-spotted-in-stormy-north-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/287723\/","title":{"rendered":"Ominous &#8216;Roll Clouds&#8217; Spotted in Stormy North Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A storm chaser from north central Texas captured an incredible-looking \u201croll cloud\u201d, as thunderstorms <a data-ylk=\"slk:swept the region;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/newswire.storyful.com\/collections\/us-weather-january-2024_6889?place_ids=ChIJSTKCCzZwQIYRPN4IGI8c6xY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">swept the region<\/a> on Sunday, May 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Footage here captured by Meri Combs shows the system moving through Abilene, where the National Weather Service issued a <a data-ylk=\"slk:Severe Thunderstorm Watch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSSanAngelo\/status\/2053550474876408094\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Thunderstorm Watch<\/a>, warning citizens of \u201chail over the size of baseballs and winds in excess of 75 mph.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Home (NOAA) <a data-ylk=\"slk:define;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/glossary.php?word=roll%20cloud\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">define<\/a> a roll cloud as a low, horizontal tube-shaped arcus cloud associated with a thunderstorm gust front.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cRoll clouds are relatively rare; they are completely detached from the thunderstorm base or other cloud features, thus differentiating them from the more familiar shelf clouds. Roll clouds usually appear to be \u2018rolling\u2019 about a horizontal axis, but should not be confused with funnel clouds,\u201d the NOAA says. Credit: Meri Combs via Storyful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A storm chaser from north central Texas captured an incredible-looking \u201croll cloud\u201d, as thunderstorms swept the region on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[95493,1971,11294,65593,105502,11800,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-287723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-meri-combs","tag-national-weather-service","tag-noaa","tag-north-central-texas","tag-roll-cloud","tag-severe-thunderstorm-watch","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}