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

[srainhoutx]

Would not be surprised to see an Urban Flood Statement out of these training storms.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
202 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0155 PM HAIL 3 W SUGAR LAND 29.62N 95.67W
03/26/2009 E0.88 INCH FORT BEND TX PUBLIC

PUBLIC REPORT ROUTE 6 AND ELDRIDGE PARKWAY.

[JenBayles]

I was wondering the same thing myself looking at training setting up. Not at all surprised to see the report from Hiway 6 and Eldridge. Naturally, that's just to my south. LOL

[JenBayles]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
234 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

TXC157-201-262130-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0002.090326T1934Z-090326T2130Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HARRIS TX-FORT BEND TX-
234 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM NEEDVILLE TO ROSENBERG
TO SHARPSTOWN. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ARE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 1/2 INCHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND
ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...
HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY
FLOOD.

&&

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...OR
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

[jasons2k]

Latest update from Jeff Lindner:

Excessive rainfall pounding Wharton and Fort Bend counties now moving into Harris County along with penny size hail

Extensive band of slow moving thunderstorms extends from downtown Houston to Wharton and is training along US 59. Radar and station gage reports indicate 1 hour rainfall totals approaching 2.0 inches within this band. Even though grounds are very dry...the rapid rainfall is resulting in extensive run-off and flooding is starting to develop.

Excessive rainfall will develop over much of Harris County shortly with street flooding likely. A quick 2-4 inches will be common in the next 2-3 hours.

WW # 70 is in effect until 700pm for the southern 1/2 of the area. Will be watching new storms firing W of Victoria to possibly come across the Matagorda Bay region later this afternoon and possibly impact a larger part of the region this evening...after the first round pushes through.

[srainhoutx]

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0277.html

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0277
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0306 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN TX...SRN LA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY

VALID 262006Z - 262100Z

REMNANTS OF UPPER VORT/SHORTWAVE TROUGH ARE SHEARING EWD ACROSS
SCNTRL TX TOWARD THE UPPER TX COAST. THIS FEATURE APPEARS TO BE
PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RETURN OF MARITIME BOUNDARY LAYER AIRMASS NWD
ACROSS THE UPPER TX COAST AND SRN LA WHERE SFC DEW POINTS ARE NEAR
70F. WEAK WARM ADVECTION PERSISTS ACROSS THIS REGION WHICH COMBINED
WITH ASCENT AHEAD OF UPPER VORT IS ENHANCING RASH OF NEW CONVECTION
ACROSS SERN TX. GIVEN THE STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MLCAPE ON THE
ORDER OF 2000 J/KG...SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.
WW WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TO ADDRESS THIS ACTIVITY WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR.

..DARROW.. 03/26/2009


ATTN...WFO...JAN...LIX...LCH...SHV...HGX...

[JenBayles]

And incredibly, Bear Creek misses out on the action again. Thunder all around and nothing but light showers here.

[vbhoutex]

And incredibly, Bear Creek misses out on the action again. Thunder all around and nothing but light showers here.

Don't give up hope Jen!!! Looks like this is turning into an ongoing event. Still raining here with heavier oeriods of rain interspersed, as well as still getting the T & L, just not as much as earlier.

[JenBayles]

I'm actually a bit worried about some friends trying to come back from Denver. There's a blizzard warning there now, and Friend #1's flight to San Antonio was already canceled. Our neighbor and Friend #2, whose dog we are dog-sitting, still has a flight due in at 6:30, but may not be able to land here with our weather being so crazy.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Small, maybe pea sized hail 30 minutes ago Kuykendahl exit off I-45.

Plenty of rain and lightning, but probably not technically severe, as wind wasn't that strong.

[srainhoutx]

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
338 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

TXC157-201-339-262230-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0003.090326T2038Z-090326T2230Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONTGOMERY TX-HARRIS TX-FORT BEND TX-
338 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN
EXTENDING FROM MISSOURI CITY TO HOUSTON TO HUMBLE TO NEW CANEY.
HOURLY RAINFALL RATES RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES.

[southerngale]

Oh boy... another tornado watch today.


Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 71
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

TORNADO WATCH 71 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TXC005-073-199-241-245-347-351-361-403-405-419-457-270400-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0071.090326T2055Z-090327T0400Z/

TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANGELINA CHEROKEE HARDIN
JASPER JEFFERSON NACOGDOCHES
NEWTON ORANGE SABINE
SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY TYLER
$$

[srainhoutx]

Oh boy... another tornado watch today.


Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 71
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

TORNADO WATCH 71 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TXC005-073-199-241-245-347-351-361-403-405-419-457-270400-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0071.090326T2055Z-090327T0400Z/

TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANGELINA CHEROKEE HARDIN
JASPER JEFFERSON NACOGDOCHES
NEWTON ORANGE SABINE
SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY TYLER
$$

[southerngale]

Flood Advisory

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
505 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

TXC199-241-457-270100-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FA.Y.0006.090326T2205Z-090327T0100Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER TX-TYLER TX-HARDIN TX-
505 PM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILDWOOD...SARATOGA...KOUNTZE...
NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER...
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...WARREN...TOWN BLUFF...
ROCKLAND...FRED...COLMESNEIL...CHESTER...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA FROM
THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BRING
ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BRINGING URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...PONDING OF WATER
WILL OCCUR ON FARM-TO-MARKET OR OTHER SECONDARY ROADS.

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE
FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE
ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.

[JenBayles]

And once again I got the 8 ball...

[southerngale]

And once again I got the 8 ball...

This blob is huge... how in the heck did it miss you? Are you sure you live in SE TX?

[Jagno]

Statement as of 6:32 PM CDT on March 26, 2009


... Significant weather alert for Beauregard... Cameron and Calcasieu
parishes... significant weather alert for Newton and Orange counties
until 730 PM CDT...

At 628 PM CDT... a line of strong thunderstorms was indicated by
National Weather Service Doppler radar along a line extending from 7
miles north of Deweyville to 3 miles northwest of Johnson Bayou...
moving northeast at 25 mph.

* Other locations in the alert include but are not limited to Sabine
National wildlife... Westlake... Vinton... Sulphur... Starks...
Singer... Ragley... Oretta... Moss Bluff... Longville... Lake Charles...
Johnson Bayou... Hackberry... Grand Lake... Gillis... fields... de
Quincy... Carlyss... West Orange... Orange and Deweyville.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning... pea size hail... and wind gusts
to 50 mph are likely with this storm. 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT Thursday evening
for southwestern Louisiana and southeast Texas.

[jasons2k]

Storms already firing over Central Texas. Also the sun is peeking out here. With the dryline on the move it looks like mid afternoon is the target time for the Houston area.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Storms already firing over Central Texas. Also the sun is peeking out here. With the dryline on the move it looks like mid afternoon is the target time for the Houston area.

New MCD for SE Texas...
weak low level winds may reduce tornado threat, but hail threat seems decent...

[jasons2k]

Methinks this is going to punch thru much faster than they are forecasting. Looking at surface obs, the wind has already shifted to the west just west of the Giddings and LaGrange areas....

[southerngale]

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 77
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 77 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TXC015-041-051-071-185-199-201-225-241-245-291-313-339-351-361-
373-407-455-457-471-473-477-272200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0077.090327T1650Z-090327T2200Z/

TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

AUSTIN BRAZOS BURLESON
CHAMBERS GRIMES HARDIN
HARRIS HOUSTON JASPER
JEFFERSON LIBERTY MADISON
MONTGOMERY NEWTON ORANGE
POLK SAN JACINTO TRINITY
TYLER WALKER WALLER
WASHINGTON