NWS: Severe Weather Possible Through Saturday
SAN ANGELO, TX – Severe thunderstorms packing large hail, strong winds and even a few tornados streaked across West Texas Wednesday night dumping up to five inches of rain in the Abilene area.
Officials in Abilene report dozens of water rescues as street flooding continues to be a major issue there.
Around the San Angelo area severe thunderstorms left hail and heavy rainfall from Sonora to Christoval to Ballinger and Brady. There was a tornado warning in the Novice area as well. There continues to be some minor street flooding in San Angelo.
That same storm system dumped huge hail and prompted tornado warnings from San Antonio to the Metroplex causing major storm damage.
Blue Origin targeting another flight from Texas with astronaut dress rehearsal
Astronaut stand-ins will conduct pre-launch steps but won’t fly this time
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Blue Origin s New Shepard rocket and capsule launch from the company s west Texas launch site on Jan. 14, 2021 marking the 14th suborbital flight for the company. (Image: Blue Origin) (WKMG 2020)
Blue Origin plans to launch its New Shepard rocket on another sub-orbital flight from West Texas Wednesday and as the company inches closer to adding humans on board some employees will conduct astronaut operations as if they were launching.
The company founded by billionaire, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is targeting after 11:56 a.m. ET to launch New Shepard from its launch site in Van Horn, Texas. The flight will mark the 15th sub-orbital launch for New Shepard.