#172 Postby southerngale » Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:49 am
Well, they backed up the flood watch that was supposed to start at 6am because, well, I'd imagine there's already some street flooding at least. There's still a lot more developing and heading this way as well.
This is over an hour old, but I just saw it. They changed our 30% chance of rain overnight to 100% heavy rain too.
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1234 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007
...INDEPENDENCE DAY LOOKS VERY WET...
.RICH CARIBBEAN AIR CONTINUES TO USHER INTO THE AREA ON
PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF DEEP MOISTURE...
FAVORABLE DYNAMICS ALOFT... AND PERSISTENT LIFT WILL GENERATE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
TXZ180>182-201-215-216-041345-
/O.EXT.KLCH.FF.A.0003.070704T0600Z-070705T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON...
LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE
1234 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2007
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE AND TYLER.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...AS
A STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS USHERS IN
CARIBBEAN MOISTURE ON PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY WINDS. MEAN AREAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY RANGE FROM 4 TO 6
INCHES.
* A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...
CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE
READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
TRARES/SHAMBURGER
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