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

[Yankeegirl]

Already done raining here... Got enough to fill up my new birdbath!!

[GalvestonDuck]

Scud? Had to look that one up but now I got what you meant.

Only other time I'd heard the term was in reference to missiles.

Did you know that term before Skywarn class?

[Suzi Q]

Yes, learned it in my met class last fall.

[vbhoutex]

Just watched this puppy go real close to severe in my area around Westheimer and Gessner. Took off chasing wall cloud and possible funnel N and W of me, but was unable to get a confirmation on the funnel cloud as I didn't get close enough for a verification(good ole Houston traffic). I'd give odds that it was one though. Fortunately no hail out of this, but some torrential downpours and major CG with it and gusts to 35 mph or so.

The fun of it all is there is another round coming in from San Antonio just like this one. It may get the Galveston area too as it looks to be a littel farther south. To top it off the incoming front isn't really even a factor in this yet. That will come later tonight and tomorrow.

[GalvestonDuck]

As of 12:50 PM CST, no one here seems worried about rain.

(Edit - The Strand Cam faces east so you can figure out wind direction by which way the flags are flying. Also, click refresh because the cams update every 6 seconds.)



And here's the view looking westward to see what's coming this way.

[Johnny]

This cluster of storms looked ugly coming in and like SuziQ pointed out, the leading edge had a bunch of scud hanging off of it. It looked pretty mean coming in, that's for sure. Now it's just a moderate rain with a good amount of lightning and thunder. This is the first round with many more to come. Get your bathing suits out boys n gals........You are gonna need 'em!

[vbhoutex]

BTW Duckie, that is a Flash Flood Watch so far. If we get more sets of storms like this one we may end up with some FFWarnings before it is all over.

[GalvestonDuck]

Oops, you're right...not a warning yet.

[PTrackerLA]

A severe T-storm watch has been posted for areas West and NW of me. Looks like this line is SE TX might hold together and give us some rough weather tonight. Had a heavy downpour move through at around 930 but since then just partly cloudy and muggy...the atmosphere will be prime for this line to hold together and/or strengthen this evening.

[GalvestonDuck]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3447626/detail.html

Power was knocked out at Hobby airport by lightning strike. Most flights weren't affected since they were already grounded, but security and ticket processing was delayed.

[vbhoutex]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/3447626/detail.html

Power was knocked out at Hobby airport by lightning strike. Most flights weren't affected since they were already grounded, but security and ticket processing was delayed.

Not too surprising considering how wicked the CG was in my area!! Both my office and my wifes office lost power for a short time during the storm. What a nightmare though for those wanting to get processed and boarded.

[GalvestonDuck]

FF watch now includes Galveston county. Rain expected tonight through all day tomorrow.

[KatDaddy]

We have missed the rain and storms today as well as much of the previous events. I put off mowing the lawn and forecasted the storm complex stablizing the atmosphere and giving us a decent evening along the Upper Texas Coast. We did get one heavy shower but that was it.
Flash Flood Watch up with isolated 6" totals by tomorrow night.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT THROUGH 6
PM WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH
EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY 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.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY PRODUCED
AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE FOURTHS TO ONE INCH. THE STORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO LINGER ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES EARLY THIS EVENING.
THEN...AFTER A BRIEF BREAK...MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
LATE THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
THROUGH MOST OF WEDNESDAY. THROUGH 6 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY WHICH COULD ADD TO THE RAINFALL TOTALS.

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 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLOOD THREAT.

[PTrackerLA]

Just saw a graphic by a local met that showed my area picking up 6"+ by Sunday. This will only increase our huge rainfall surplus of the year which is 15"! Can't imagine what that figure would be like if we have tropical trouble later this summer and fall...bottom line, it's been WET!

[crazy4disney]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
755 PM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004

...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

AT 755 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FORT BEND AND HARRIS COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS. FUNNEL CLOUDS SOMETIMES TOUCH DOWN AND BECOME TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES ARE OBSERVED.

[GalvestonDuck]

I think I'll set the alarm on my cell phone because it looks like some severe stuff is going to make it here overnight. The power (and regular alarm clock) might get knocked out for a while.

[stormcloud]

The continuing rain over Southeast Texas has been a growing concern for me in case of a tropical threat. With wet ground and full rivers/bayous, draining large amount of rains, courtesy of a tropical system, would be a big problem. If my memory is correct, prior to Alicia in '83 the area had been very wet. When the hurricane/tropical force winds moved into the area, many trees were literally torn up by their roots, as the wet ground just couldn't hold them down. As we approach August and September, I'm hoping that summer will finally start, and we go back to our 'isolated' thundershowers again. I'm getting a little tired of this rain.

[vbhoutex]

As we approach August and September, I'm hoping that summer will finally start, and we go back to our 'isolated' thundershowers again. I'm getting a little tired of this rain.

You and me both!!!

BTW, how much do you see in the way of rain for SE TX with this week's system's? I've heard up to 8" and even the possibility of a low closing off down off of B'ville late in the week and riding up the coast.

[PTrackerLA]

Although I would rather it not rain every day, at least we are not having any extreme heat or drought like we've had in past years. It's nice not having to worry about watering anything in the yard .

[vbhoutex]

Although I would rather it not rain every day, at least we are not having any extreme heat or drought like we've had in past years. It's nice not having to worry about watering anything in the yard .

What yard? I live in a lake!!