severe wx threat
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
severe wx update
Good evening folks. A busy night across the central United States tonight with a combination of both a winter storm across the central plains and midwestern US and a severe weather episode along the Gulf coastal states. More on the winter storm angle of this in the winter wx forum.
Severe weather is the story tonight and threat of damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes from southeast Texas into southern Louisiana. There are even a few severe thunderstorm warnings in southern Louisiana tonight as a complex of severe thunderstorms approaches from the Gulf Of Mexico. The main threat with these will be large hail and damaging winds. As of 7 PM, severe thunderstorm warnings are up for St Marys and Cameron Parishes in Louisiana. The biggest threat is very large and destructive hail. However damaging winds are possible as well.
No other warnings are up at this time. However many flood watches are up due to the anticipation of very heavy rain from eastern and southeastern and central Texas east and northeastward through Louisiana and portions of Arkansas as well. 3-5 inches of rain remains possible in these places, which would cause flooding. Do not drive through flooded roads. The leading cause of deaths in flash floods is driving vehicles through flooded roads. What's gonna win out, water that weighs 60 pounds a cubic foot, or a vehicle???? I think you can figure that one out. It's easy to say it's gonna be a dangerous night tonight. Keep an eye on this.
Severe threat does continue tomorrow along the central gulf coast from Louisiana into Mississippi and possibly Alabama later in the day. Damaging winds are the primary threat and possibly an isolated tornado. A slight rish exists on Friday as well for the eastern Carolinas down into northern Florida.
More updates on the severe weather side of this later tonight.
Jim
Jim
Good evening folks. A busy night across the central United States tonight with a combination of both a winter storm across the central plains and midwestern US and a severe weather episode along the Gulf coastal states. More on the winter storm angle of this in the winter wx forum.
Severe weather is the story tonight and threat of damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes from southeast Texas into southern Louisiana. There are even a few severe thunderstorm warnings in southern Louisiana tonight as a complex of severe thunderstorms approaches from the Gulf Of Mexico. The main threat with these will be large hail and damaging winds. As of 7 PM, severe thunderstorm warnings are up for St Marys and Cameron Parishes in Louisiana. The biggest threat is very large and destructive hail. However damaging winds are possible as well.
No other warnings are up at this time. However many flood watches are up due to the anticipation of very heavy rain from eastern and southeastern and central Texas east and northeastward through Louisiana and portions of Arkansas as well. 3-5 inches of rain remains possible in these places, which would cause flooding. Do not drive through flooded roads. The leading cause of deaths in flash floods is driving vehicles through flooded roads. What's gonna win out, water that weighs 60 pounds a cubic foot, or a vehicle???? I think you can figure that one out. It's easy to say it's gonna be a dangerous night tonight. Keep an eye on this.
Severe threat does continue tomorrow along the central gulf coast from Louisiana into Mississippi and possibly Alabama later in the day. Damaging winds are the primary threat and possibly an isolated tornado. A slight rish exists on Friday as well for the eastern Carolinas down into northern Florida.
More updates on the severe weather side of this later tonight.
Jim
Jim
