SE Texas weather thread - Strong storms Sun/Mon

[Extremeweatherguy]

severe weather possible today in SE Texas!



and this time the best chance is during the afternoon..not at night.

[Portastorm]

Severe weather PROBABLE here in Austin at the moment .. 7:20 am Tues. Very heavy thunderstorm moving into the western and northern parts of the city.

[KatDaddy]

Time to chime on on the Houston thread. Well EWG our strong cold front looks like it will make it after all. Looking like a stormy day on tap for SE TX. I see Portastorm is getting hammered this morning.

After today more storms with the front followed by a coastal trough over during the weekend into next week.

Perhaps a flood threat by the end of the weekend????? I am thinking the rainfall will become an issue if we get several bouts of heavy rain over the next 7 days.

I will be watching the storms from the 26th floor of 1100 Louisiana in downtown Houston.

[KatDaddy]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 821
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
640 AM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

CENTRAL TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 640 AM UNTIL
200 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTH OF HUNTSVILLE
TEXAS TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF NEW BRAUNFELS TEXAS. FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 820...

DISCUSSION...TSTMS/SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INVOF STALLED
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND FRONT OVER THE TX HILL COUNTRY. THIS ACTIVITY
SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP E TOWARD THE MIDDLE TX CSTL PLN AS SURFACE
HEATING OCCURS AND THE LOWER LEVELS CONTINUE TO MOISTEN. GIVEN RICH
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL
SHEAR...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES UNTIL LOW LEVEL
FLOW VEERS LATER IN THE DAY.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.

[double D]

We got hammered pretty good here in Fredericksburg this morning around 4:30. It is still raining pretty good outside.

Although this weekend is supposed to be cloudy and rainy, at least it will feel cool outside.

High 63 on Friday: with more clouds and rain i doubt we will make it that high.

[JenBayles]

So far all the action is north and west of Houston. How much you wanna bet it STAYS that way?!

[Portastorm]

Time to chime on on the Houston thread. Well EWG our strong cold front looks like it will make it after all. Looking like a stormy day on tap for SE TX. I see Portastorm is getting hammered this morning.

After today more storms with the front followed by a coastal trough over during the weekend into next week.

Perhaps a flood threat by the end of the weekend????? I am thinking the rainfall will become an issue if we get several bouts of heavy rain over the next 7 days.

I will be watching the storms from the 26th floor of 1100 Louisiana in downtown Houston.

Wow Katdaddy ... you'll have a nice view of the incoming weather!

Hammered is a good adjective. First strong cell rolled through here around 7:30 with many cloud-to-ground strikes. Tried to get the dog to go out but he gave me a "are you kidding me?" look when I tried to coax him outside. Don't blame him, actually.

Radar shows more on the way for us ... and I suspect y'all will be getting yours too before the day is over.

[Kelarie]

Well it is flooding all over the place (according to the radio interrupts). The lighting in N. Austin was incredible. It had been a long time since I had seen a light show like that.

And it is supposed to do this for awhile. Better go find a boat.....

[jasons2k]

Hey Jen,

I doubt the "dome" will hold today. It's looking like the real deal this time. We need the rain though.

Looks to me like the storms quickly approaching I-35 will be the ones to watch. Probably a straight-line wind event for us in Houston.

[Portastorm]

Well gang the latest update from our own local NWS folks is that we'll see 1-2 inches generally around the Austin area with a possibility of as much as 5 inches in localized amounts. A flash flooding event looks like it may be unfolding for us.

[gboudx]

Some nice rain here in the DFW area. Though it looks like once this batch moves through, that's it. Unless more develops out west.

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

Well gang the latest update from our own local NWS folks is that we'll see 1-2 inches generally around the Austin area with a possibility of as much as 5 inches in localized amounts. A flash flooding event looks like it may be unfolding for us.

Here's hoping some of the rain makes it this way. Corpus itself doesn't really need alot, but the lakes to the north of us that provide us our water supply have missed out on alot of the rain down this way. Even a good soaking in the Uvalde/Concan areas would be beneficial as the rivers up there feed into our resevoiurs.

[JenBayles]

Hey Jen,

I doubt the "dome" will hold today. It's looking like the real deal this time. We need the rain though.

Looks to me like the storms quickly approaching I-35 will be the ones to watch. Probably a straight-line wind event for us in Houston.

We'll see - you have not experienced the Power of the Dome! However, a nice big bow echo seems to have set up from Bryan/College Station down to about I-10. Even The Bear Creek Dome might have trouble with that.

[jasons2k]

I'm showing rainfall of up top 3" so far in areas to the NW (Milam/Roberts/Lee) counties, and street flooding has been reported in & around Calvert.

[Portastorm]

Georgetown, in Williamson County (just north of Austin), received more than 4 inches this morning with many smaller roads flooded right now. That area seems to be the worst hit for us.

Here in north Austin, we've received a little more than 1.25 inches so far. The intensity of the event appears to be waning for us.

Y'all stay safe down there in SE Texas ... it's coming your way!

[JenBayles]

I notice Dr. Niel Frank is jumping on board with the 'Blue Norther' forecast in a couple more days. The KHOU weather channel on digital 310 has him advertising 48 for a low Friday night and 60 for a high on Saturday. BRRRRR! Time to stock up the kitchen for a major cook-fest this weekend.

[Yankeegirl]

Tornado watch till 7 pm tonight for us....

[Yankeegirl]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 822 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

BRAZORIA CHAMBERS FORT BEND GALVESTON HARRIS JACKSON LIBERTY MATAGORDA WHARTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALVIN... ANAHUAC...ANGLETON... BAY CITY... CLEVELAND...DAYTON...EDNA...EL CAMPO... FREEPORT... FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON... HOUSTON...HUMBLE...KATY... LAKE JACKSON...LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY... MISSOURI CITY... MONT BELVIEU... PALACIOS...PASADENA...PEARLAND... PIERCE... RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY...TOMBALL... WHARTON AND WINNIE.

[JenBayles]

Tornado Warning for Waller County and extreme NW Harris county.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1156 AM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006

TXC473-101715-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-061010T1715Z/
WALLER TX-
1156 AM CDT TUE OCT 10 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WALLER COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...

AT 1155 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF 290 EAST AND WONDER HILL ROAD IN CHAPEL HILL AT AROUND 1130.
THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THIS TORNADO WAS JUST EAST OF HEMPSTEAD AT
NOON AND MOVING TOWARDS HEMPSTEAD AT ABOUT 30 MPH.

SOUTH OF THE TORNADO THREAT AREA...A LINE OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE
STORMS EXTENDS FROM PRAIRIE VIEW TO NEAR BROOKSHIRE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WINDS OF UP
TO 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRAIRIE VIEW...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE INSIDE A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM
IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST
RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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 3025 9581 3013 9581 3018 9593 3015 9596
3009 9594 3006 9611 3006 9614 3012 9619
3015 9614 3020 9616 3022 9613

$$

[Yankeegirl]

We are soooloo about to get slammed!!! I just got up and looked at the radar!!! Holy Crap!!! and the weather radio is going off like every 5 minutes!!! Where are my candles???