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

[southerngale]

It's all north of here so far, but maybe some of it will make its way further south. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
939 AM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

.UPDATE...
ON GOING CONVECTION IN EAST TEXAS ASSOCIATED WITH OVERNIGHT MCS HAS
SLOWLY WEAKENED THIS MORNING EVIDENT BY WARMING CLOUD TOPS AND
REGIONAL RADARS. THE REMNANT VORT CENTER AND OUTFLOW FROM THE
STORMS WILL INITIATE NEW DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR REGION. MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS RICH
MOISTURE OF PW VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES WITH CAPE VALUES AROUND 4000
J/KG AND TRIGGER TEMPS AROUND 88. MODERATE UNIDIRECTIONAL WSW FLOW
SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZATION INTO LINES WITH WET MICRO BURSTS
POTENTIAL AND LIMITED SVR HAIL DUE TO HIGH WET-BULB ZERO HEIGHT OF
14K. BEST POTENTIAL FOR STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF HWY 190. SPC HAS
HIGHLIGHTED MOST OF THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SVR THIS
AFTERNOON. LOWERED TEMPS A FEW DEGREES ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES DUE
TO INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND HIGHER POPS.

[jasons2k]

I'm finally about to get a quick storm/shower

It looks like northern Harris/Southern Montgomery is the favored development area in the short term.

I'd love to upload a radar shot but imageshack is acting-up.

[Flyinman]

Wife called and it poured on the Golf course behind us but not at our house. Again, I have wathced the rain develop all around but not at the house!

[southerngale]

I'm finally about to get a quick storm/shower

It looks like northern Harris/Southern Montgomery is the favored development area in the short term.

I'd love to upload a radar shot but imageshack is acting-up.

I use this place pretty often. http://www.imagehosting.com/

[jasons2k]

I can see the outlfow boundry pretty clearly on the BV product (doppler velocity). It runs E-W from near Liberty to just south if IAH to near Bellville. In Houston, it's just north of the Beltway, slowly moving south.

[srainhoutx]

Also appears to be stalled to the W of Harris County back to Central TX.

[Yankeegirl]

We have had 3 good tropicial downpours here earlier today, now it feels like a sauna out there... YUCK! There is some development out by San Antonio, wonder if that will makes its way into the Houston area later??

[jasons2k]

Looking at BV product, the outflow has pretty-much pulled stationary now. It has pivoted a bit across Harris County...meaning the eastern part has moved just ever so slightly south across Lake Houston, while the western end towards Cypress has retreated back north just a tad. I hope this makes sense.......anyway, it is pretty much stationary now across northern Harris County so I'll be looking for additional development there, if there is any...

[srainhoutx]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
249 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

TXZ214-235>238-310900-
CHAMBERS-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA-GALVESTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...
EDNA...BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN...
ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...
GALVESTON
249 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

...HEAT INDEX VALUES TO REACH 105 TO 110 THIS AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW...

DUE TO INCREASED GULF MOISTURE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST
LINE...HEAT INDEX VALUES HAVE REACHED 110 ON GALVESTON ISLAND
THIS AFTERNOON EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S. THIS
SITUATION COULD POSSIBLY OCCUR TOMORROW BUT LARGELY DEPENDS ON
POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND CLOUD COVER DURING THE DAY.
A HEAT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES. RESIDENTS
ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS
AS WELL AS TAKE ANY NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
ELDERLY...CHILDREN...AND PETS FROM HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.
REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED AND LIMIT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DURING
PEAK DAYTIME HEATING.

[jasons2k]

I will bite my tongue so I don't have to suspend myself.

Anyway, looks like a new cell along the outlfow near Giddings. Will there be more further east closer to home later? Time will tell...

[Flyinman]

While I would like some more rain, I am very happy to see on radar the rain moving into South Texas. Looks like ares South and South East of Uvalde are getting some well needed rain.

[jasons2k]

Just got home and checked the rain guage = .30"

Outflow practically on top of me but washing-out it appears.

[Ed Mahmoud]

If it doesn't rain by the time I get home, it is mow, then run the sprinkler.


Watched radar this morning, showers came w/i a couple of miles of the house, but avoided it completely.


The orange tree has a lot of green oranges now, it has to be thirsty.

[TexasSam]

If it doesn't rain by the time I get home, it is mow, then run the sprinkler.


Watched radar this morning, showers came w/i a couple of miles of the house, but avoided it completely.


The orange tree has a lot of green oranges now, it has to be thirsty.

I just got done mowing, and watering, now the Houston radar is starting to look interesting again, with storms in a line from northeast - southwest moving east.

[CajunMama]

It feels like a sauna out there tonight. 85 with a heat index of 95 at 9pm.

[southerngale]

Great lightning show from here, looking north. It ain't coming here, though! It's "all" been north of here, all day.

[vbhoutex]

It feels like a sauna out there tonight. 85 with a heat index of 95 at 9pm.

86ºf with a HI of 93ºf here. I know what you mean. And the current forecast is for us to be back up in triple digits soon too.

[southerngale]

It feels like a sauna out there tonight. 85 with a heat index of 95 at 9pm.

86ºf with a HI of 93ºf here. I know what you mean. And the current forecast is for us to be back up in triple digits soon too.

Only 82° with a heat index of 92° here @ 9:25 p.m. - brrrr!!

[southerngale]

Those same storms to the north of here that I mentioned a few hours ago are still pounding them. It seems to be re-developing and training over the same areas.

Current radar loop: http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=LCH&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1109 PM CDT THU JUL 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KIRBYVILLE...JASPER...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...CALL...BURKEVILLE...BON
WEIR...
TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...WARREN...TOWN BLUFF...
ROCKLAND...FRED...COLMESNEIL...CHESTER...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1104 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
DETECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
WESTERN PORTIONS OF TYLER COUNTY EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF
WOODVILLE...TOWN BLUFF...JASPER AND NEWTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS
BETWEEN ROCKVILLE AND JASPER.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SPURGER...SAM RAYBURN DAM...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...BROOKELAND...MT.
UNION...ROGANVILLE...HOLLY SPRINGS...JAMESTOWN...FARRSVILLE...
BLEAKWOOD AND WIERGATE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

[srainhoutx]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
724 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED NEAR SEVEN OAKS....LEGGETT...AND MOSCOW. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS
AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MOSCOW...LEGGETT...ALABAMA-COUSHATTA RESERVATION AND CORRIGAN.