Tornado Watch for Southeast Texas

[southerngale]

I expected a chance of severe weather later this week with the front, but I admit, this Tornado Watch took me by surprise.

Thunderstorms are fine, but I hope there's no tornadoes! They're very skeery.

Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 822
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1145 AM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006

TORNADO WATCH 822 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TXC039-057-071-157-167-199-201-239-245-291-321-361-469-481-
110000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0822.061010T1645Z-061011T0000Z/

TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BRAZORIA CALHOUN CHAMBERS
FORT BEND GALVESTON HARDIN
HARRIS JACKSON JEFFERSON
LIBERTY MATAGORDA ORANGE
VICTORIA WHARTON
$$

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1017 AM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006

LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-110100-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-
NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES...
JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON...
ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
1017 AM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006

...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL BY
EARLY EVENING...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE
WITH INCREASING MOISTURE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA EARLY
THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF
REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.

THE SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY
THIS EVENING...SPREADING TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN
LOUISIANA BY MIDNIGHT.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS COULD PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS, FEEDER ROADS,
AND LOW SPOTS. SINCE WE`VE HAD A RATHER DRY PERIOD OVER THE LAST
FEW DAYS AND WITH THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM, SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

$$

[Extremeweatherguy]

At about 1pm I was hit by a strong storm where I was. This storm produced 55mph+ wind gusts at my location and downed a large 4 foot long (3" diameter) branch, bent a 15 foot tall tree, ripped ply wood off the roof of the building, and flipped a dumpster. It was very scary.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Here is a storm report from west of my location at the time.

1725 UNK 1 SE WALLER HARRIS TX 3005 9591 LARGE TREES DOWN, BARN UNDER CONSTRUCTION KNOCKED DOWN, SOME TREES SHEARED OFF HALFWAY UP THE TRUNK (HGX)

This same cell must have been what got me. However, it seems like the winds were even worse in that area (gusts to 70-80mph perhaps?).

[southerngale]

Nothing severe here, at least yet. Just some fairly heavy rain, lots of thunder and lightning, and a little windy. It looks to be stronger in some areas around me though.