SE TX/SW LA weather: Much cooler and WET after Tuesday

[Extremeweatherguy]

IAH officially hit 102˚ yesterday afternoon! HOT! The same is forecasted for today.

[JenBayles]

My AC can't get us below 80 degrees in the house the past few days - at least until the sun goes down. I don't even want to know what the next billing cycle will bring...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
306 PM CDT MON AUG 13 2007

.DISCUSSION...
SOME DRIER AIR HAS FILTERED INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING
IN LOWER HEAT INDEX VALUES COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
HI READINGS HAVE MANAGED TO REACH THE 105 MARK...AND THESE VALUES SHOULD
BE OBTAINABLE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAVE THEREFORE EXTENDED THE
HEAT ADVISORY WHICH IS NOW SET TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM ON TUESDAY. AS WE DEAL
WITH THIS RECORD BREAKING SUMMER HEAT (GALVESTON ESTABLISHED ANOTHER
RECORD HIGH BEFORE NOON TODAY AND WILL TIE TODAY`S RECORD HIGH MIN IF
THE TEMPERATURE DOESN`T FALL BELOW 84 DEGREES BEFORE MIDNIGHT)...ALL
EYES ARE ON THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE YUCATAN.
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT
TWO DAYS. TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE (SEE THE LATEST INFORMATION
FROM TPC/NHC). IT LOOKS LIKE DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO OUR
COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY.
HAVE RAISED POPS AND INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY
OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TOO (PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SHOULD APPROACH
2.50 INCHES!). WILL LOWER POPS JUST A TAD FOR THURSDAY...AND THEN WE`LL
GET BACK INTO OUR SEEMINGLY LONG ABSENT DAILY CHANCE OF MAINLY LATE
MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

[PTrackerLA]

High of 101 again today, looks like one more day of 100 or higher and then temps will moderate back down towards the more normal mid 90s.

[BayouVenteux]

102 degrees officially up at BTR Metro today. But hey, the dewpoint is a mere 61 degrees! ((sweat)) ((sweat))

[Extremeweatherguy]

100˚ at IAH today.

[JenBayles]

Make it stop! UNCLE already!

[CajunMama]

The highest i saw the heat index here today was 113. Phew!

[Ptarmigan]

Rain will come soon.

[jasons2k]

These is about the most "bold" the seabreeze has ever shown-up on radar. Wonder if it has anything to do with our friend in the GOM. It just looks wierd, almost eerie...

[CajunMama]

It's storming here. Some nice storms coming in from the northeast. Quite a surprise:)

[crazycajuncane]

Haven't seen a lightning show like that in a long time. Hot... Hot weather and then a line of hefty thunderstorms. Broussard had some power outages... I was actually driving through all that mess.

Looks like the heat is cooling off though. 100 degrees is starting to become normal around here lol and it hardly ever gets over 100 this close to the gulf for that many days in a row.

[JenBayles]

I'm getting one of those storms here in Houston right now. Dashed outside to rescue my newspaper before it drowned and got slapped with about the most stifling airmass I've ever encountered. Ugh!

David Paul of khou is saying these rains are the outer bands of our TD 5...

[Ptarmigan]

Lots of thunder last night. Must be the outerbands of Erin. Never heard so much thunder in my life.

[JenBayles]

Yep - that was a pretty good lightning and thunder show all right.

My aunt is currently under the knife in a Corpus Christi hospital for ovarian cancer. Why, oh why, did this storm have to spin up NOW?

[JenBayles]

Hmm.... will the Bear Creek Dome see any rain from Erin at all today? Old age and insomnia just BITE!

Quite the light show coming in now from the south and west.

[JenBayles]

Flash Flood Warning
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
TXC201-161830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1034 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING FROM A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF HARRIS COUNTY. HIGH
WATER WAS REPORTED NEAR US-59 AND SHEPHERD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
THE MEDICAL CENTER...RELIANT PARK...MINUTE MAID PARK...MEMORIAL...
HOBBY AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...ELLINGTON FIELD...
ADDICKS...SPRING VALLEY...SOUTHSIDE PLACE...SOUTH HOUSTON...PINEY
POINT VILLAGE...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HILSHIRE VILLAGE...
HEDWIG VILLAGE...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE AND BELLAIRE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND
ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND
HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND!

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7:00 PM THIS EVENING.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2958 9543 2961 9529 2952 9517 2956 9508
2989 9545 2978 9581

[vbhoutex]

We are getting POUNDED here in the Galleria area of Houston. Now up to 2.38" and counting with torrential rains coming down and copius lightning and thunder.

[Tireman4]

Pounded is an understatement. We are getting smacked around real good here in the I45 South and 610 area (Gulfgate). Goodness. It is coming down in sheets. Wind, rain and lightning are carrying the day. According to the radar, the training effect is really working. Man oh man.

[JenBayles]

Y'all folks inside the loop - STAY THERE! You wouldn't believe the pics on TV right now. Trust me - you aren't going anywhere for a while.

[JenBayles]

FF Warning for Harris County extended to 3:15 this afternoon...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1218 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL FROM A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY. FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA OVER THE LAST
THREE HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
FROM THESE STORMS.

* FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN OR NEAR...
SAN JACINTO STATE PARK...JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...ELLINGTON FIELD...
WEBSTER...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE...SOUTH HOUSTON...SHOREACRES...
SHELDON...PASADENA...MORGAN`S POINT...LA PORTE...JACINTO CITY...
GALENA PARK...DEER PARK AND CHANNELVIEW.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND
ADJACENT TO CREEKS AND BAYOUS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING MAY OCCUR ON...STREETS...FRONTAGE ROADS...AND
HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. AVOID LOCATIONS WHERE WATER COVERS THE GROUND!

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.