SE TX/SW LA Discussion Thread - Heavy Rainfall Threat

#381 Postby **srainhoutx** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:07 am

vbhoutex wrote:Well the initial outflow from the bigger complex to our west has hit Harris county and basically, at least on the West side, it appears to be exploding right above us. Explode may be strong, but these storms are developing quickly with copius lightning. Gonna be rough for a few hours unless some of this starts to break apart quickly.

Heavy rainfall/gusty winds/vidid lighting, and pea size hail at my location at this time

#382 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:10 am

srainhoutx wrote:
vbhoutex wrote:Well the initial outflow from the bigger complex to our west has hit Harris county and basically, at least on the West side, it appears to be exploding right above us. Explode may be strong, but these storms are developing quickly with copius lightning. Gonna be rough for a few hours unless some of this starts to break apart quickly.

Heavy rainfall/gusty winds/vidid lighting, and pea size hail at my location at this time

That isn't surprising considering the way radar looks in that area and the way things are acting here in Spring Branch to your south. My son and his wife live near Huffmeister and 290 so I figure they are getting a good dose of this too.

Yankeegirl · #383 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:10 am

I am only a few miles to the south of you srainhoutx and i am not getting much rain and no hail...yet.... the lightning is vivid....

#384 Postby **srainhoutx** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:12 am

Yankeegirl wrote:I am only a few miles to the south of you srainhoutx and i am not getting much rain and no hail...yet.... the lightning is vivid....

built in very quickly Yankeegirl. You may get some of it yet :wink:

Yankeegirl · #385 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:14 am

maybe... seems like its quieting down now...

#386 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:22 am

Yankeegirl wrote:maybe... seems like its quieting down now...

Lucky you!!! No rain yet but the lightning and thunder are getting worse here. RATTLING the windows big time!!!

Yankeegirl · #387 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:24 am

we just had a huge boom.... good lord!!! the lightning hit then the thunder now the car alarms are going off.... wow!!! my excitement for the night....

southerngale · #388 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:31 am

The rain has dodged Beaumont so far today/tonight, with plenty of storms around. On my way home about 2 hours ago, the lightning all around was amazing. It wasn't raining, but an awesome lightning show all around. Depending on what happens with the mess off to the west and nw, we could see some thunderstorms overnight. That's fine, just nothing severe, please.

Extremeweatherguy · #389 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:38 am

SPC has us under another severe risk today. 30% hail region, 30% wind region and 5% tornado region. Also, it looks like today's storms may happen during peak heating...thus a higher potential at actually being severe. We will need to watch this closely.

Extremeweatherguy · #390 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:34 pm

Severe T-storm watch now issued until 10pm!

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0345.html

Yankeegirl · #391 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:36 pm

Fun!!! I can believe it though... Its really hot and humid out there!!!

#392 Postby **Tireman4** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:52 pm

Amen Yankeegirl

CajunMama · #393 Postby **CajunMama** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:22 pm

It's really been raining just south of me in vermilion parish. 12+" since 10am due to backbuilding storms.

Extremeweatherguy · #394 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:33 pm

Anyone know why the storm NW of Houston seem to suddenly be weakening? They looked pretty healthy a few hours ago and now they look very weak. Quite odd considering with the Svr. T-storm watch I expected them to continue holding on.

Yankeegirl · #395 Postby **Yankeegirl** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:24 pm

Talk about **poof!!**

Jagno · #396 Postby **Jagno** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:47 pm

We had a very fast moving destructive storm here at 5:30 this afternoon. Lots of down tree limbs, utility poles and debris all over the roads with winds gusting to 75mph. Several hundred cars heavily damaged by hail. I was at work north of town where we only received heavy rains but south of town where I live reminds me alot of coming home after Rita.

Ptarmigan · #397 Postby **Ptarmigan** » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:46 pm

CajunMama wrote:It's really been raining just south of me in vermilion parish. 12+" since 10am due to backbuilding storms.

The radar estimates 14 inches fell in a small area. That's a lot! :eek:

southerngale · #398 Postby **southerngale** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:40 am

Ptarmigan wrote:
CajunMama wrote:It's really been raining just south of me in vermilion parish. 12+" since 10am due to backbuilding storms.

The radar estimates 14 inches fell in a small area. That's a lot!

It sure does! Wow. :eek:

I can't recall seeing that much in one area with nearly nothing all around it. Usually, there's at least several inches in many areas around the location that sees that much. I think I'll take a screenshot.

JenBayles · #399 Postby **JenBayles** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:18 am

Damage under the Bear Creek Dome from last week's storm: Dave saw a huge lightning bolt hit somewhere across the cul-de-sac as he watched from the garage. The flash was so bright he couldn't be certain exactly where it hit. Apparently it was close enough to the house across from us that the charge blew up 4 televisions, 3 stereos, 2 DVD players, miscellaneous small appliances, and actually melted the coax cable for TV service so badly that the whole house had to be rewired. Moral of the story: surge protectors.

Shoshana · #400 Postby **Shoshana** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:51 pm

Yikes. Sounds like a whole house surge protector was needed there!

We once lost a phone, answering machine, vcr, receiver and our security battery to a lighting strike. Actually, we had 3 battery meltdowns before we left that apt.

Now we have an amazing number of surge protectors and UPSs. We have our entertainment center and computers on UPSs and all other electronics n surge protectors. I even put my coffeepot on a little surge protector!

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