Lovely Night in Houston

[Suzi Q]

2.4" rain, massive CG lightning, wind gusts (estimated)around 35 mph, .25" to .75" hail intermittently, lost satellite for over an hour, back yard is a MESS. Looks like more on the way. Cats were WAY freaked out.

Shows you how much I know since I stood outside for about 30 minutes before it started thinking "Nah. Nothing there." SHOULD HAVE CHECKED THE RADAR!!!!!

I hope I actually LEARN how to read the clouds in class, otherwise I'm gonna suck as a met.

[Yankeegirl]

Hey.. I am in Houston too... We have been getting some rain and lotta lightening and some rumbles.. not too much as far as the rain.. I am on the west side of Houston...I also heard that there is alot more on the way too... I was tryin to get into the chat room, but its not lettin me... Is something wrong with it???

[Josephine96]

If that's what you call a lovely night lol.. I'd hate to see what a terrible night looks like lol just kidding

[Suzi Q]

Yankee Girl,
I haven't tried to get into chat, too busy watching the radar. Just had another round of rain go through. Lightning and thunder has finally let up a bit, but was a great light show for awhile.

Where in West Houston? My mom is off of Memorial and Dairy Ashford and am wondering if she got anything, or was it just us lovely folk in SW Houston.

Looks to be a long night.

[vbhoutex]

We only got .22" here at the house in Spring Branch with gusts to maybe 30 mph and plenty of rumbling. Pasadena had golf ball sized hail from what I understand. Don't know about more on the way since I haven't looked at radar in hours. Been doing family time watching a movie, even eating the popcorn. Obviously the worst of it was to our South again.

[simplykristi]

Stay safe, everyone!!!

[vbhoutex]

YankeeGirl are you floating yet? Looks like that storm has been sitting over Katy for hours and is abating any!!!

[Yankeegirl]

we have hardly gotten any rain!! good lightening show though!

[Suzi Q]

56 Lightning-related injuries reported at Southeast Memorial Hospital in Pasadena!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't seen any other details, but with all those chemical plants out there and the guys out working, would wonder if it happened at one of them.

[vbhoutex]

YIKES!!! Now I am checking the morning news for any mention!!

[KatDaddy]

I could not find verification on the 56 lightening injuries. I bet it was a typo.....5 to 6 injuries and they left out "to".

We had some moderate rain and winds up 30MPH with the gust front. The lightening display was quite intense.

[GalvestonDuck]

Yuppers, I was out in that mess last night on my way to Hobby Airport to pick up returning honeymooners. Nasty torrential, driving rains on 45 and a big lightning show!

Glad to be done with that! Now, on to the beach!

[Suzi Q]

1030 PM LIGHTNING PASADENA 29.66N 95.15W
06/04/2004 HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 56 INJ *** AT LEAST 56 LIGHTNING RELATED INJURIES
REPORTED AT SOUTHEAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN PASADENA.

From Skywarn. Anyone else heard anything?

[Suzi Q]

Storm report for last night:

NWUS54 KHGX 050520
LSRHOU

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1220 AM CDT SAT JUN 05 2004

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0500 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 W COLDSPRING 30.59N 95.33W
06/04/2004 SAN JACINTO TX EMERGENCY MNGR

POWER LINES DOWN IN THE EVERGREEN AREA ALONG FM HIGHWAY 945 SOUTH.

0505 PM HAIL 5 SE CLEVELAND 30.29N 95.02W
06/04/2004 0.75 INCH LIBERTY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

HAIL AT STATE HIGHWAY 105 AND FM HIGHWAY 321.

0511 PM HAIL TARKINGTON PRAIRIE 30.33N 94.96W
06/04/2004 0.75 INCH LIBERTY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF FM HIGHWAY 787 AND FM HIGHWAY 223 JUST NORTH OF TARKINGTON PRAIRIE.

0605 PM HAIL HUMBLE 29.99N 95.26W
06/04/2004 0.88 INCH HARRIS TX TRAINED SPOTTER

SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON US HIGHWAY 59 NORTH JUST OUTSIDE OF BELTWAY 8.

0705 PM TSTM WND DMG MONT BELVIEU 29.85N 94.88W
06/04/2004 CHAMBERS TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

POWER LINES DOWN.

0705 PM TSTM WND DMG PASADENA 29.66N 95.15W
06/04/2004 HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR

POWER LINES DOWN ALONG CENTER STREET...SPRAGUE...AND
ROSANNE.

0706 PM MARINE TSTM WIND MORGAN'S POINT 29.68N 95.01W
06/04/2004 40 MPH HARRIS TX OFFICIAL NWS OBS

WIND GUST OF 37 KNOTS REPORTED AT MORGANS POINT.

0715 PM HAIL PASADENA 29.66N 95.15W
06/04/2004 1.75 INCH HARRIS TX TRAINED SPOTTER

GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED AT PASADENA BLVD AND RED BLUFF.

0729 PM HAIL LA PORTE 29.67N 95.04W
06/04/2004 1.75 INCH HARRIS TX TRAINED SPOTTER

GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT SPENCER HIGHWAY AND
UNDERWOOD. ALSO WINDS OF 50-60 MPH IN THE AREA.

0815 PM FLASH FLOOD PASADENA 29.66N 95.15W
06/04/2004 HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR

FEEDER ROADS OF BELTWAY 8 BETWEEN SPENCER AND RED BLUFF IMPASSABLE. OTHER LOCATIONS WITH HIGH WATER ACROSS TOWN BUT ALL OTHER STREETS ARE PASSABLE.

0819 PM HAIL PEARLAND 29.56N 95.28W
06/04/2004 1.00 INCH BRAZORIA TX EMERGENCY MNGR

0908 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 W CALDWELL 30.53N 96.75W
06/04/2004 BURLESON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 102 WEST OF CALDWELL.

0933 PM HAIL INDEPENDENCE 30.32N 96.35W
06/04/2004 0.75 INCH WASHINGTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

0933 PM HAIL 1 E SEALY 29.77N 96.14W
06/04/2004 0.75 INCH AUSTIN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

PENNY SIZED HAIL BETWEEN SEALY AND SAN FELIPE.

0955 PM HAIL 2 S BROOKSHIRE 29.75N 95.95W
06/04/2004 1.00 INCH WALLER TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON FM HIGHWAY 359 NEAR THE FT. BEND
COUNTY BORDER.

1013 PM HAIL 8 NW BELLVILLE 30.03N 96.35W
06/04/2004 1.75 INCH AUSTIN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN KENNEY.

1030 PM LIGHTNING PASADENA 29.66N 95.15W
06/04/2004 HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 56 INJ *** AT LEAST 56 LIGHTNING RELATED INJURIES
REPORTED AT SOUTHEAST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN PASADENA.

1126 PM HAIL SAN FELIPE 29.80N 96.11W
06/04/2004 0.88 INCH AUSTIN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ALONG I-10 NEAR THE WALLER
COUNTY LINE.

1145 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 29.70N 96.55W
06/04/2004 COLORADO TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS...FRELSBURG...AND WEIMAR AREAS.

[Yankeegirl]

It sure was a busy night... But it all seemed to die down around 2 am...It was nice... Is it going to happen again tonight?????

[crazy4disney]

Gotta love the first line of the 3pm discussion... and the rest of it doesn't sound very positive, either!

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
305 PM CDT SAT JUN 5 2004

.DISCUSSION...
WAITING FOR THE STORMS TO EXPLODE. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATING CAPES NEAR 4000 IN THE SW 1/3RD OF THE AREA. BOUNDARY QUITE APPARENT FROM REMAINS OF MCV REFLECTED IN SURFACE WINDS WITH THE WINDSHIFT FROM NEAR VCT-LBX-EFD-BPT. WILL FAVOR THIS AREA WITH HIGHEST POPS. SEVERE THREAT WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS SEEMS FITTING...HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL...
GIVEN CAPE...LI-8...SHEAR VERY WEAK AND EXPECT STORMS TO BE INDIVIDUAL CELL OR MULTICELL STRUCTURED. WILL CONTINUE THE 60-70 POPS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. STORM MOTION NEAR THE BOUNDARY WILL VERY SLOW. SECOND AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE TO THE NORTHWEST INITIALLY THEN EXPANDING EAST AS THE UPPER S/W OVER THE SAT AREA MOVES EAST. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WILL
CONTINUE.

Stay safe, you guys... last night was quite a show, looks like we're in for another tonight.

-gina-

[Suzi Q]

Great, more fun. I was unaware of how strong our winds were last night until I went to the store today, numerous small and medium winds ripped off. The canopy at Bank One at Chimney Rock and West Belfort was blown off and landed right side up on the opposite side of the building. All in all, damage was light and very sporadic. The lightning was incredible though.

Everyone stay safe tonight.

[PTrackerLA]

Looks like the thunderstorms today over here in Louisiana has kept a lid on the activity in Texas. We've had rain and thunderstorms all afternoon and picked up about 1.5" here at my house. Already over 4" for the month and check out these rainfall statistics for 2004:

Since Jan 1 we've had 38.61" officially but adding today rainfall will take that over 40"

Normal Value for this time of year is 25.95" so we're well over 13" above normal for the year.

And the real kicker, last year at this time only 15.32" of rain had fallen, what a difference a year makes!

[Suzi Q]

PT, I've noticed ya'll are doing some swimming over there. Can't see anything really popping over here.

Plus, our "other" area of concern, i.e., the stuff coming down from Oklahoma or West Texas or whatever seems like less of a threat than before. Fine with me, I could use a quiet night. Should I send my canoe your way?

[crazy4disney]

They cut our pops in half with the last update. It was soooo dark just to the south of me a couple hours ago, and thundering like crazy, but it passed just below me to the East. Toward PT, I think! And I agree with you, Suzi, everything that was heading this way from the NW seems to have just petered out. I have stuff to do on the computer anyway -- I don't need another electrical storm.

Hope all of you don't wash away there in LA, PTracker!

-gina-