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

[Ed Mahmoud]

Radar still seems to suggest the cap will hold Harris County and points South.


Of course, Beaumont will have an extra hour or two of sun to try to bust through the cap. And, of course, Beaumont is also a tad further North than Houston, and eyeball extrapolating the line may get into the storm action.

[jasons2k]

I dunno about that - in the last few frames it looks like the cap may be finally breaking...

[Yankeegirl]

Just started pouring out over here. No thunder or lighting yet... nice little line of stuff building!

[jasons2k]

Just looked outside towards the NW and there is a solid line of white puffy TCU quickly building into storms.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Just looked outside towards the NW and there is a solid line of white puffy TCU quickly building into storms.

Looks quite garden variety Harris County and Southward.

[Ed Mahmoud]

But it looks like my lawn probably got a nice 10 or 15 minute shower.

[southerngale]

Hmm, the storms headed in this direction are strengthening quite a bit, and spawning quite a few warnings. The storms are quickly approaching, but the sun is still shining here.

They still have time to weaken though.

[southerngale]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
224 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...KIRBYVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...TOLEDO BEND DAM...NEWTON...CALL...BURKEVILLE...BON
WEIR...
SOUTHEASTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...TOWN BLUFF...FRED...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT
43 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTH OF BURKEVILLE BY 250 PM CDT...
TOLEDO BEND DAM BY 305 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3068 9363 3067 9366 3064 9367 3064 9369
3063 9370 3039 9434 3107 9417 3119 9372
3118 9358 3121 9355 3120 9354

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
230 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF DAISETTA TO 6
MILES NORTH OF DAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO LIBERTY...AMES...HARDIN...MOSS HILL...HULL...
DAISETTA.

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 3026 9463 3014 9460 3012 9444 3009 9442
3003 9443 3004 9496 3030 9484 3049 9479
3049 9472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 276DEG 28KT 3039 9468 3013 9486

[southerngale]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
244 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES...WILDWOOD...THICKET...SARATOGA...
SOUTH CENTRAL TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES WARREN...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILDWOOD...AND MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3050 9459 3050 9455 3053 9455 3081 9422
3024 9437 3019 9461 3041 9468

[southerngale]

Nothing severe here (at least yet), but it got dark really fast and it's been raining heavily for about 15 - 20 minutes so far. Some loud thunder boomers as well.

It's raining cats and dogs, mon.

[Yankeegirl]

still dark and sprinkling out.... no thunder though.... been a wet day so far...

[Ed Mahmoud]

Six tenths at DWH, one tenth at IAH so far, my house is about in between.


If we got three tenths, I can probably push off watering for another few days.

[southerngale]

Just some lingering light stuff now, but ended up with over 2 inches of rain here. Nothing severe... just good soaking thunderstorms. My yard looks like a lake, but at least I got my new sidewalk last month. No more trampling through the mud or going through standing water over a sunken sidewalk.... woohoo!

Keep an eye out, Frick. They still look pretty strong as they trek toward you. Baseball games for tonight were canceled, and I'm sure the ones for tomorrow morning will be canceled as well. Sleep in?

[Yankeegirl]

Its all over here now, but it was a nice rainy day....

[Extremeweatherguy]

It is nice and cool out now. A great change from the warm, muggy weather of the last couple of days.

[CajunMama]

I was outside earlier enjoying the warm air. It suddenly got very still and then the wind started up with much cooler air! It was really neat!

Darn it Red to my north, red to my south and i'm green. I can hear the thunder. Mother Nature is teasing me and i don't like it one bit!

[jasons2k]

I had about .60 when I checked this afternoon but we still had some light-moderate rain after that for awhile. I'm too lazy to trudge outside and get the final total but it's probably close to .65-.70.

Edited: I can almost see this wx station from my house it's so close and they had .70"

http://guggenheimfamily.com/Weather/Cur ... _Plus.html

[southerngale]

Well, today was cooler than expected. NWS predicted a high of 75F for here today. High was 63F and now on its way back down... currently 61F. Also only reached a high of 66F down at the airport.

They've lowered tonight's lows quite a few degrees as well... now in the 40's. We just might need jackets at the ballpark tonight... brrr.

[Ed Mahmoud]

If the front stalling nearby and the passing troughs don't trigger some decent rain South of I-10, down towards Victoria and points inland, than I suspect a dry pattern may be starting that will have me using the sprinkler more than I'd want. Even in Houston, the cap never really broke, all the showers (I heard no thunder) was along and behind the front.


The good news, I'm guesstimating from nearby obs and what I saw, a half to one inch of rain at my house yesterday in Northern Harris County, more than in a couple of weeks, and the sprinkler won't be needed until at least mid-week.

[rainman31]

I have not seen much rain here in a couple months kinda feels drought like. Lately the TV mets have been saying there is a cap over the houston area can anyone explain?