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

[Johnny]

I think I have gotten about an inch and half of rain today. I was out in the woods behind the house throwing out corn and putting up a deer stand when the bottom fell out. It felt so good I worked right on through it. 15 minutes later when I was through putting up the stand it was still coming down in buckets. My son and I got in my jacked up golf cart and started cutting down the trail very fast through the standing water and mud. We were soaked to the bone with mud all over us from head to toe....definitely a top notch red neck moment!!!! We are waiting on the next down pour so we can do it again!!

[vbhoutex]

Sounds like a blast Johnny!!!! On the other hand we have had lots of thunder and even some close lightning hits in our area and only a few spits of rain-definitely not enough to measure. Come on rain!!!

[southerngale]

I doubt you'll have to wait long, Johnny. Good rain chances through at least the next 5 days... moving ought to be fun.

I hope y'all took pictures!

I've gotten quite a bit of rain the past couple of days. Looking out the back door, my 5 inch rain gauge is a little more than half full. I dumped it a few days ago.

[Garnetcat5]

great timing! I have to take my daughter Thurs. to move into her dorm! Maybe it will be like all the other times and it will swing around us ...all the way to san marcus!!! lol!!

[lebron23]

Here in houston we have a great chance of rain everyday!

[Yankeegirl]

my brother in law is gettin married today... rain on a wedding is always a good thing!! at least its inside...

[Ptarmigan]

I heard there may have been a tornado in Houston yesterday.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hea ... 48026.html
http://www.click2houston.com/news/17210514/detail.html

It was even caught on tape.

I like to see some rain anyways.

[southerngale]

Anyone else need to build an ark? Wowzy... been coming down in buckets for a while now. I didn't get much rain yesterday, but got a lot the 2 previous days. I haven't seen a lake in my yard like this in months. And what a wet forecast the rest of the week! And I close on my house this week and in the middle of moving.

Just my luck that this week, we have the wettest forecast in months.


*kindly requests that Mother Nature puts off the rest of the rain until next week*

[serenata09]

The rain has completely missed Austin the past few days. So much for the monsoon the media was hyping.

[vbhoutex]

Just finished our second round of showers for the day. Nothing spectacular, but a nice rain to help hold my water bill down. Total about 1/2 inch for the day probably.

[Ptarmigan]

Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
715 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-210015-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
715 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINS OVER NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT. A DISTURBANCE ROTATING AROUND THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THIS DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE HOUSTON METRO
AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE
MORNING HOURS FROM 4AM TO 10AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. GIVEN ABUNDANT
MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED.
ISOLATED AREAS WITH STRONGER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY SEE UP TO
5 INCHES ESPECIALLY IF STORMS TRAIN ALONG THE SAME AREA. GIVEN
THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OF THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...FLOODING
OF LOW LYING AREAS...UNDERPASSES...FEEDER ROADS...AND LOW WATER
CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN
OVER TEXAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
DECREASE BUT DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION. WHILE THE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE...SOME STORMS MAY
STILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS THREAT WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

$$

Overnight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 73. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Looks like they are calling for heavy rain in the overnight hours. Nothing on radar yet.

[southerngale]

It's been raining again for a little while and the thunder and lightning are nonstop. It also rained pretty much all day yesterday, then broke for a while before it started again last night. Intensities have ranged from quite heavy to light. This is just about the worst weather I could ask for while moving. I'm moving completely out of my house today and tomorrow. It's supposed to rain both days. ugh!


Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
459 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008

TXZ201-215-216-201100-
HARDIN TX-JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-
459 AM CDT WED AUG 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HARDIN...JEFFERSON AND ORANGE
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

AT 459 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SOUR LAKE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SABINE PASS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FANNETT BY 505 AM CDT
BEVIL OAKS BY 515 AM CDT
SABINE PASS BY 530 AM CDT
BEAUMONT BY 535 AM CDT
ROSE CITY AND CENTRAL GARDENS BY 555 AM CDT
PINE FOREST...VIDOR...PORT ARTHUR AND PORT NECHES BY 600 AM CDT

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS
OF 35 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE
SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE PROPER ACTIONS SHOULD
A WARNING BE ISSUED.

$$

LANDRENEAU

[Yankeegirl]

I am just glad to have all this rain stick around for a few days... Its a nice break from all the heat and sun, and it also gives my a/c a break.... and i dont have to water as much!! i have noticed that the grass already needs to be cut, we just cut it over the weekend!

[CajunMama]

We were at 70% chance of rain earlier this week and didn't get a drop. Now we're at 40% and have a light steady rain and looks like more to come.

Just what did you do, frack, to make mother nature upset with you?

[vbhoutex]

We've had 1.5" of rain so far today. Definitely need the rain we've had for the last few days, but now need a little bit of a break so we don't get soggy. Wah!! Wah!! Wah!! I want to have my cake and eat it too!!!!

[southerngale]

We've had 1.5" of rain so far today. Definitely need the rain we've had for the last few days, but now need a little bit of a break so we don't get soggy. Wah!! Wah!! Wah!! I want to have my cake and eat it too!!!!

lol - I've never really understood that phrase... I mean, what good is cake if you can't eat it?

The rain finally let up this afternoon so we got a lot moved. Not before local street flooding, some yards flooded, but I don't think water got into any homes. KBTV (local NBC affiliate) was knocked off the air for nearly six hours due to downed power lines. Entergy experienced interruptions trying to restore it because of lightning.

Tomorrow was our lowest chance so far this week at 50%, but NWS upped it to 70%... hopefully that forecast will bust. We'll be moving everything else tomorrow, so I'm praying for drier weather.

[vbhoutex]

We ended up with 2" by the time Iemptied the gauge this morning. Some of that probably came overnight since radar shows heavier rains moving your way and already past us. It is still raining with intermittent thounder.

[setxweathergal]

We've had 1.5" of rain so far today. Definitely need the rain we've had for the last few days, but now need a little bit of a break so we don't get soggy. Wah!! Wah!! Wah!! I want to have my cake and eat it too!!!!

lol - I've never really understood that phrase... I mean, what good is cake if you can't eat it?

The rain finally let up this afternoon so we got a lot moved. Not before local street flooding, some yards flooded, but I don't think water got into any homes. KBTV (local NBC affiliate) was knocked off the air for nearly six hours due to downed power lines. Entergy experienced interruptions trying to restore it because of lightning.

Tomorrow was our lowest chance so far this week at 50%, but NWS upped it to 70%... hopefully that forecast will bust. We'll be moving everything else tomorrow, so I'm praying for drier weather.

So much for the bust, huh? I have 3 kids NEEDING to go outside today!! Hope your move doesn't get too drenched.

[southerngale]

Yeah, no kidding, and thanks. I was trying to be hopeful... silly me.

Thunderstorms just keep developing and coming over us. We have to have the U-Haul unloaded and back to its destination by 5pm. This rain needs to let up soon!

[jasons2k]

I've had close to 5" since last Friday.

Defintely some much, much needed rain but we could use a break now.