Another wet week for Southeast, Texas.....Any thoughts?

[PTrackerLA]

Woke up to thunder here too! It's coming down pretty good right now and doesn't seem like it will quit for a while. I'm starting to move all my stuff into the ark .

[Lindaloo]

Had a severe thunderstorm roll through here last night. Dumped about 2 inches of rain. Lots of cloud to ground lightning, wind and even some hail. Woke up to sunshine this morning.

[GalvestonDuck]

2 inches?

2 inches???

I feel like we got a foot of rain here!

[GalvestonDuck]

The roof collapsed at the Home Depot here in Galveston.

http://www.click2houston.com/weather/34 ... etail.html

[crazy4disney]

Oh no, your poor car!! I hope the floorboard dries out and you have no other problems with it.

I heard that Harborside was flooded, and I heard that on the Strand, water was up against the door to the Railroad Museum! Be careful, okay?

Took me over an hour to get to work, through driving rain. The street in front of our building here (Live Oak and McKinney, down the street from the George R. Brown) is starting to flood, and I don't think I've ever seen that. But the rain has just been coming down too hard.

Heard that Hitchcock was getting it hard too.. so much for my archery shoot tomorrow.

-gina-

[GalvestonDuck]

Yup, the Railroad Museum, which also houses some UTMB employees (the Medicaid crew), gets flooded a lot also. I have pics somewhere from when it got flooded a couple of years ago out there. I'll see if I can find them.

I don't really have to worry much now that I'm safe and at work and only live two blocks from work anyway.

But the lightning!!! Forgot to mention that in my earlier post. It was horrible and way too close a couple of times. That was my biggest concern.

[GalvestonDuck]

Good gosh! Check out the traffic just coming off the Causeway onto the island. I guess everyone waited for the rain to stop before they came to work.

This will probably update automatically so it might not look bad in a couple of hours.

[opera ghost]

Rain rain rain.... I was afraid to look at Braes Bayou this morning- I knew my office woudln't let me take off just because I migth not be able to get back home. White Oak bayou at I10&Stude is up over the concrete- first time I've ever seen that.

Heights Blvd is experiencing minor flooding, mostly on the side where people are allowed to park. We had an incident at work because one of our employees refused to pull up in the drive way to make room for everyone- the drive is dry, but the parking on the street is beginning to flood.

Like I said yesterday- if it had kept up the drizzle... I think the bayous could have handled it- but it's coming down harder even in the off time between the nasty stuff. If this doesn't let up by 5- I don't think I'll be able to get home.

[vbhoutex]

If this training of storms doesn't stop sometime soon there are likely going to be quite a few of us that won't be able to get home. You, however are not in an enviable position with your place of residence and the nearby bayou!!! Keep us posted.

[Johnny]

GalvestonDuck, I sure hope you stay dry. It looks like Galveston got hit pretty darn good this morning. Unfortunately (as we all know) more heavy rains will be in the area for the next few days and possibly longer. Stay safe!
From what I am seeing models are all over the place with the precip. There is one big thunderstorm blob West of Houston which seems to be expanding. I'm looking at the radar loop and it seems to be moving in and East Northeasterly direction. On top of that we have some showers and thunderstorms moving in from the North Northeast out near Livingston and Huntsville and these storms are moving in a South Southwesterly direction. I might be wrong but what worries me is if the storms moving Northeasterly and the other storms moving Southwesterly merge together over the area. That might not happen but if it does then it will be one big mess. Check out the radar loop below.


http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/weather/dop ... mated.html

[vbhoutex]

That is interesting. It looks like we have a stationary vort center just between us and Lake Livingston with the majority of the rain on the South and Southwest side of the system. anyway you look at it, it isn't moving hardly at all and we continue to have building in and streaming storms/rains from the West. If this continues for the next few hours we could be in a major flood situation by this evening. Everyone in the Houston/Galveston area and SW LA needs to keep a close watch on this situation IMO. I know I am!!

[Lindaloo]

2 inches?

2 inches???

I feel like we got a foot of rain here!

I can imagine you are under water. I welcomed that 2 inches, we needed it.

[whiteoutwx1796]

HERE ARE SOME WATCHES AND WARNINGS THROUGH OUT THE AREA.

[Lindaloo]

Nice map!

[crazy4disney]

Wheeee...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
835 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004

...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION DEVELOPING FOR SATURDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
WHAT ELSE CAN BE SAID EXCEPT THAT IT IS GOING TO RAIN ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AT LEAST. UPPER TROUGH REMAINS IN POSITION OVER WEST TEXAS INTO CENTRAL TEXAS AND WITH WEAK VORT MAXIMA ROTATING THROUGH THE MEAN TROUGH...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ARE LIKELY. RIGHT NOW...THERE IS A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY...BUT WE ARE EXPECTING REDEVELOPMENT...PARTICULARLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA LATER TONIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. CURRENT ZONES LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE...SO NO UPDATE WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT UNLESS THINGS CHANGE DRASTICALLY.

[TexasStooge]

You're not kidding when you said "Another Wet Week for Texas. Several Flash Flood Warning were already issued for the Waco area.

Yesterday, a freak storm made its appearance at around 2:00PM CDT while I was doing some shopping. I had a feeling I wasn't going anywhere until the rain stopped.

[Yankeegirl]

Well its raining out.... I guess they were finally right about the 100% chance of rain today!! and we just got finished with the front yard work!!!

[Yankeegirl]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
603 AM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004

...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXTENDED UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY...

...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOOD SITUATION TODAY AND THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR TODAY THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE
WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT
BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY...
MADISON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...
WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...AND WHARTON.

LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE FROM THE BIG BEND AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING INTO NORTH TEXAS BY THIS EVENING. AS IT DOES SO...
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SINCE
SOME STORMS MAY MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER A LOCATION AND WITH A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY. THE
HEAVIER RAINFALL SHOULD BE MORE INLAND THAN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS. THIS WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO MORE WIDESPREAD RIVER
FLOODING OR URBAN TYPE FLOODING THAN HAS OCCURRED.

GENERAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MADISONVILLE TO
LIVINGSTON CAN EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.

WITH AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND SURFACE...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LEAD TO A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS. OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE
AVERAGED 2 TO 5 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. SOME
LOCATIONS IN JACKSON...WHARTON...GALVESTON...MATAGORDA...AND CHAMBERS
COUNTIES HAVE EXPERIENCED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RIVER FLOODING
THAT WAS EITHER ONGOING OR DEVELOPING WILL ADD TO THE FLASH FLOOD
THREAT. CONDITIONS MAY NOT IMPROVE UNTIL THE EARLY OR MID PART OF
NEXT WEEK AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP INFORMED
AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY! THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS
OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS FLOOD THREAT.



Well they have now extended it till Saunday at 6 pm... Everyone got their arcs finished???

[Yankeegirl]

Sorry I put 6 pm, when its 6 am Sunday... You all know it will be extended till Sunday night... lol... Just posting it before they do.. lol... sorry...

Lisa

[TexasStooge]