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[srainhoutx]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1248 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007

TXZ214-235>238-272230-
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
1248 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007

...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH EARLY
EVENING...

AT 1240 PM...THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED SEVERAL
FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR CLUTE IN SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY. GIVEN THE
TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING SHORT LIVED
FUNNEL CLOUDS. IN RARE INSTANCES...THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BRIEFLY
TOUCH THE GROUND. IN THE EVENT YOU SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD...SEEK
SAFETY IN A STURDY SHELTER.

this "event" isn't finished with SE TX yet.

[KatDaddy]

Has anyone considered the thought of core rains near the center of low S of Houston?? This is a possibilty.

[jasons2k]

Has anyone considered the thought of core rains near the center of low S of Houston?? This is a possibilty.

Yessir - that's what I mean about tonight. That and Houston being east/NE of the center...

[jasons2k]

I posted this in the trop. thread but on visibles it looks like the center is moving ESE, back into the GOM @ Matagorda.

[jasons2k]

Maybe not hehe

[JenBayles]

Looks to be shaping up for a quiet evening in Houston anyway. Anyone think it'll build up and hammer us in the early morning again?

[southerngale]

I don't think it's stopped raining here all day, but a lot of it has been light, with heavier stuff in between. I don't think there's been any flooding or anything though. I've received several inches of rain here. It rained a good portion of yesterday and hasn't stopped at all today.

[Extremeweatherguy]

it is raining moderately here right now. It is strange though b/c the radar doesn't seem to show much.

[HouTXmetro]

Raining tonight near the Medical Center... Most rain we had all day. Looks like a late sea breeze front and the radar is showing developing showers..

[hurrican19]

I was reading the KHOU boards in Houston -- someone over there posted a weatherstation link to Bridge City - http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... =KTXBRIDG4 Shows to have received 6.5" of rain today. I will be bookmarking that station as it is the most realtime station anywhere in Orange County it seems.

[Extremeweatherguy]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
916 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007

TXZ200-213-214-226-227-235>238-281030-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FF.A.0008.070728T0300Z-070728T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MATAGORDA-WHARTON-
INCLUDING 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...WINNIE
916 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2007


...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...
GALVESTON...HARRIS...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA AND WHARTON.

* THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

* DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE STILL RESIDES OVER THE REGION. A
FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WIND PATTERN...AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE...AND A SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE WATCH AREA WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT AND
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES TO BE COMMON IN HEAVY RAINFALL AREAS...WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINS
OCCURS.

* 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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER MAY ENGULF YOUR
VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

[TexasSam]

Interesting line on the radar from about Beaumont - Victoria... Seems to be growing, and or filling in. I guess that's the boundary they are talking about.

[srainhoutx]

All the conditions are in place for a "potential" heavy rain event. Time will tell.

[Yankeegirl]

I am so bored with this heavy rain event...lol... NEXT!

[srainhoutx]

I am so bored with this heavy rain event...lol... NEXT!

since June 12th by my count

[Yankeegirl]

I know! Not that I mind the rain,.. We just got back from Cancun the 14th of July and I am just now finishing up pealing! I can say that I see the lightning from the storms to the east of here, but I dont think they are coming this way... Oh well... Maybe tomorrow?

[Extremeweatherguy]

I got a nice, quick downpour around 10:30pm, but it has quieted down since then. I wonder if tonight will end up being not as active as predicted?

BTW: I received a total of 0.79" of rain during the entire day yesterday.

[jasons2k]

They got a lot in Beaumont-Port Arthur itself and LA, but for almost all of SE Texas this was a complete, total bust (so far). I fertilized my lawn Thursday night anticipating the mother of all floods. The fertilzer, which has to be watered-in, hasn't even had a chance to start dissolving yet. Unless something happens quick I'm going to have to run my sprinklers today so my lawn won't burn to death, if it already hasn't.....

Here are the storm totals before it was reset this AM. Aside from a blip over Beaumont and another blip near Woodville (which aren't even NWS-HGX zones), most places saw hardly anything.

[JenBayles]

Fine by me that the rains held off. Just another couple of hours please so we can get to the Galleria and spring our dog from the hospital. Hooray! Maggie's coming home!

[jasons2k]

Awesome news Jen!

It's been great here too - plenty of sun and 91F. Plenty of pool time