Moderate Risk for Severe Storm across S Central and SE TX

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

We're rocking and rollling with the severe stuff in the Coastal Bend. I haven't see so many Severe weather warnings in a long time. There is lighting in the sky in every direction. Very interesting light show.

[vbhoutex]

Take care down there KD!! We just got through with the worst up here or so I thought. We have had no severe except for 2"+ of rain and a lot of local street flooding. However it does seem to be redeveloping to our S and SW as I type and the rain has picked up again.

[wlfpack81]

Man amazing to see the radar images coming from se-ern Texas. That bow echo moving through Houston looks NASTY!!!

[jasonbeaumont]

southerngale -
Were u driving down major when that happenned cause the same thing happenned to me and the wind almost blew me off the road?

[hurrican19]

I was in Lumberton during the storm this evening, and I was almost blown off the road as well, we were all having to drive 15 mph south highway 69. sitting at a stop light then hail started falling, with the high winds/rain, then BAM, I was once sitting at a light waiting for it to turn green, then im seeing nothing but head lights, luckily the power came back on fairly quickly...the lightning was so fierce and frequent that you had to pay extremely close attn to the road because it was consistantly blinding you. As I was going down 69S, I saw a power line short out directly to my right, causing a transformer to blow, then a few seconds later, shorted out the lines just down the road again.. one of those eerie blue glows you see all the time during Hurricane coverage! One of the most spectacular events i've seen in a LONG time.. I'm sitting here w/o power since 10:30 in Orange County, listening to the thunder rumble and rain pour once again. Man it's nice having laptops

[southerngale]

jason...I was on the freeway coming from Central Mall area to near Keith Road. It was an horrific drive!!

hurrican...I hear ya! The wind was fierce. I thought it was a tornado at first. It almost blew me off the road too and debris was flying everywhere.


For those who don't know, Lumberton is just a couple of miles north of Beaumont...and both were in a severe thunderstorm warning.

Welcome jason and hurrican to storm2k!! It's GREAT to see two new people from my area! Stick around for hurricane season.

[Houstonia]

I was at a friends house for most of the evening (just got him - 3:32 a.m. - been playing Spades and Horse Thief all evening long). I heard some wind, we got a lot of rain, but driving home, it looks like things have calmed down a lot.

Did we miss it? Did it come across and I just didn't notice it with the a/c on, X-box blaring on the TV and loud conversation? We seemed to have barbecued right through the storm!!

... which was FINE with me!!

[KatDaddy]

Wow what fast moving storm. I estimated 45-50MPH winds in western League City but have seen the storm reports for League City, Friendswood, and Pearland. Also a tornado was reported in Houston.

0948 PM TSTM WND GST BAY CITY 28.98N 95.96W
05/29/2005 68 MPH MATAGORDA TX TRAINED SPOTTER

1025 PM TSTM WND GST LAKE JACKSON 29.04N 95.45W
05/29/2005 50 MPH BRAZORIA TX AMATEUR RADIO

1035 PM TORNADO 2 SW MEYERLAND 29.66N 95.49W
05/29/2005 HARRIS TX AIRPLANE PILOT

*** 2 INJ *** BUILDING COLLAPSED AT LARKWOOD AND FONDREN
ALONG WITH 10 DAMAGED APARTMENTS. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AT
HILLCROFT AND BRAESWOOD. INTERMITTENT DAMAGE PATH OF 1.5
MILES LONG, 75 YARDS IN WIDTH. TREES DOWN AT BRAESWOOD
AND DUNLAP STREETS.

1040 PM TSTM WND DMG FRIENDSWOOD 29.51N 95.20W
05/29/2005 GALVESTON TX EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 1 INJ *** LARGE CEDAR TREE DOWN ON A HOME. HOMEOWNER
HAD MINOR INJURIES. POWER POLES DOWN NEAR FM2351.
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN.

1045 PM FLOOD LEAGUE CITY 29.49N 95.11W
05/29/2005 GALVESTON TX TRAINED SPOTTER

FLOODING AT 200 WEST MAIN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 3.

1045 PM TSTM WND GST LEAGUE CITY 29.49N 95.11W
05/29/2005 60 MPH GALVESTON TX TRAINED SPOTTER

50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AT POLICE DEPARTMENT. POWER LINES DOWN
ON 2094 EAST OF CLEAR CREEK HIGH SCHOOL.

1100 PM TSTM WND DMG PEARLAND 29.56N 95.28W
05/29/2005 BRAZORIA TX EMERGENCY MNGR

8 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS 5 CAR
WINDSHIELDS DAMAGED AND 1 LARGE TREE DOWN.

[KatDaddy]

From our local news media

http://www.click2houston.com/weather/45 ... etail.html

[vbhoutex]

There is at least on tornado confirmed from the storms last night. The damage I saw on the tv appears to be F1, but I have not seen a report or even looked for one. I do know they were planning to check it out today. At the peak of the storms there were 130,000 without power and still are 16,000 w/o power. Hopefully we will only have pop ups this afternoon.

[southerngale]

There are storm reports around here of dime-sized hail, golf ball-sized hail and even baseball-sized hail! Thank God I didn't have to drive through THAT! A tree crashed through a home and into a playroom where two little sisters had been playing moments earlier. The mom had just taken the family into a closet in the back of the house before the tree fell. Not only did it damage her house, but it crushed her car. Thank God the little girls were safe though.

Out driving today, I saw debris everywhere. Limbs galore, signs knocked down, etc. I can't imagine what a hurricane would do to this area. Stay away from here, canes!

[jeff]

Sorry to leave some of the local folks kind of hanging last night.

Had to spend the evening at work (running on backup power) until about 100am with near flooding on Halls and Garners Bayous and concern for lower White Oak and its tribs. Incredible rainfall rates and very impressive bow echo. Another hour of rainfall and we would have had very serious flood problems.

Next event (MCS) looks to be Wed. show the NAM and GFS verify.

Never in moderation around these parts always feast or famine.