SE TX/SW LA weather: Much cooler and WET after Tuesday
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
Line in Waller, Ft Bend and W Harris County about to go severe.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday


Might just get by with some needed rain, VILS not too high, and winds don't seem much over 40 knots.
BPT to LCH and points North, may be a different story

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0454
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1053 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN TX THROUGH SW LA
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 143...
VALID 121553Z - 121800Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 143 CONTINUES.
PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT INCLUDING POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS SERN TX PORTION OF WW NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
HOWEVER...THREAT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS SW LA DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
FORCED LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM NERN TX SWWD TO THE CNTRL TX
COASTAL AREA JUST WEST OF PALACIOS. A COASTAL FRONT HAS ADVANCED
INLAND AND EXTENDS FROM A SURFACE LOW OVER SERN TX TO SW LA JUST
NORTH OF LAKE CHARLES. RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH UPPER 60S
DEWPOINTS AND MLCAPE FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG EXISTS IN WARM SECTOR
SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...AN EML HAS ADVECTED EWD ABOVE THE
MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER RESULTING IN A CAP. THIS SUGGEST IT MAY BE
DIFFICULT TO INITIATE SURFACE BASED STORMS AWAY FROM THE FORCED LINE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS....ESPECIALLY GIVEN PRESENCE OF WIDESPREAD CLOUDS
AND TENDENCY FOR STRONGER DEEP LAYER ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH EJECTING
IMPULSE OVER NE TX TO REMAIN NORTH OF THIS REGION.
MAIN SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL LIKELY PERSIST WITH THE EWD ADVANCING
LINE WHERE MESOSCALE LIFT IS STRONG ENOUGH TO WEAKEN THE CAP. DUE TO
THE NATURE OF THE FORCING...DOMINANT MODE MAY REMAIN LINEAR.
HOWEVER...ACTIVITY IS EMBEDDED WITHIN STRONG BULK SHEAR AND 0-1 KM
HELICITY FROM 300-400 M2/S2 FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS WITH A
RISK OF TORNADOS IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER CONTINUES TO WARM...POTENTIAL MAY INCREASE FOR
STORMS TO INITIATE FARTHER EAST ALONG CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES
EXTENDING INLAND AWAY FROM THE LINE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
..DIAL.. 04/12/2009
ATTN...WFO...LCH...HGX...
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JenBayles wrote:Dumb question... looking at WV loop, I see a dry slot getting into Central Texas. IF the atmosphere has time to reheat and destabilize after this round of storms, is that the area expected to fire up again later this afternoon?
SPC and local NWS offices expect there to be enough recovery for fresh storms later this afternoon, but closer to the upper low/cold pocket and best dynamics. IE, DFW/I-20 and points North..
Seems unlikely we'll get another round, but I wouldn't say never as we stay semi-moist, and upper low remains to the West for a while. Looks like generally Westerly winds will reduce surface convergence, which reduces the chances.

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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TXC157-201-339-121715-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0044.090412T1624Z-090412T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1124 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOKS AIRPORT TO JERSEY VILLAGE
TO 6 MILES WEST OF PECAN GROVE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
TOMBALL TO JERSEY VILLAGE TO RICHMOND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER...SPLASHTOWN...RELIANT PARK...MINUTE
MAID PARK...HOBBY AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...
BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...TOWN
WEST...SUGAR LAND...STAFFORD...SPRING VALLEY...SPRING...SOUTHSIDE
PLACE...SOUTH HOUSTON...SHELDON...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PASADENA...
MISSION BEND...MEADOWS...KINGWOOD...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK
VILLAGE...HUMBLE...HOUSTON...HEDWIG VILLAGE...GALENA PARK...DEER
PARK...CROSBY...CLOVERLEAF...CHANNELVIEW...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...
BELLAIRE...BARRETT AND ALDINE.
TXC157-201-339-121715-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0044.090412T1624Z-090412T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1124 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
* AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOKS AIRPORT TO JERSEY VILLAGE
TO 6 MILES WEST OF PECAN GROVE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
TOMBALL TO JERSEY VILLAGE TO RICHMOND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER...SPLASHTOWN...RELIANT PARK...MINUTE
MAID PARK...HOBBY AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...
BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...TOWN
WEST...SUGAR LAND...STAFFORD...SPRING VALLEY...SPRING...SOUTHSIDE
PLACE...SOUTH HOUSTON...SHELDON...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PASADENA...
MISSION BEND...MEADOWS...KINGWOOD...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK
VILLAGE...HUMBLE...HOUSTON...HEDWIG VILLAGE...GALENA PARK...DEER
PARK...CROSBY...CLOVERLEAF...CHANNELVIEW...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...
BELLAIRE...BARRETT AND ALDINE.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
Entertaining t-storm here now, winds between West and North at 20 to 30 mph, maybe gusting to 40, moderate rain, occasional lightning.
I see a new warning issued as a started typing, I still say better than the average t-storm, but not severe yet here.
I see a new warning issued as a started typing, I still say better than the average t-storm, but not severe yet here.
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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1128 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
TXC157-201-339-121715-
/O.CON.KHGX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090412T1715Z/
MONTGOMERY TX-HARRIS TX-FORT BEND TX-
1128 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR FORT BEND...HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 1124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOKS AIRPORT TO JERSEY VILLAGE
TO PECAN GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER...SPLASHTOWN...RELIANT PARK...
PORTER...MINUTE MAID PARK...MEMORIAL...LAKE HOUSTON DAM...HOBBY
AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT...ADDICKS...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...TOWN WEST...SUGAR
LAND...STAFFORD...SPRING VALLEY...SPRING...SOUTHSIDE PLACE...SOUTH
HOUSTON...SHELDON...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PASADENA...MISSION
BEND...MEADOWS...KINGWOOD...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...
HUMBLE...HOUSTON...HILSHIRE VILLAGE...HEDWIG VILLAGE...GALENA
PARK...CROSBY...CLOVERLEAF...CHANNELVIEW...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...
BELLAIRE...BARRETT AND ALDINE
AT 1127 AM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR FM
HIGHWAY 529 AND GREENHOUSE ROAD IN WEST HOUSTON.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1128 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
TXC157-201-339-121715-
/O.CON.KHGX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090412T1715Z/
MONTGOMERY TX-HARRIS TX-FORT BEND TX-
1128 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT
FOR FORT BEND...HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 1124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOOKS AIRPORT TO JERSEY VILLAGE
TO PECAN GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER...SPLASHTOWN...RELIANT PARK...
PORTER...MINUTE MAID PARK...MEMORIAL...LAKE HOUSTON DAM...HOBBY
AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT...ADDICKS...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...TOWN WEST...SUGAR
LAND...STAFFORD...SPRING VALLEY...SPRING...SOUTHSIDE PLACE...SOUTH
HOUSTON...SHELDON...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PASADENA...MISSION
BEND...MEADOWS...KINGWOOD...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...
HUMBLE...HOUSTON...HILSHIRE VILLAGE...HEDWIG VILLAGE...GALENA
PARK...CROSBY...CLOVERLEAF...CHANNELVIEW...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...
BELLAIRE...BARRETT AND ALDINE
AT 1127 AM...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR FM
HIGHWAY 529 AND GREENHOUSE ROAD IN WEST HOUSTON.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
I think the GFS suggestion of the best severe chances North of I-10 was generally correct.
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1121 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NACOGDOCHES COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SABINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS...
WESTERN SABINE PARISH IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
* AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MACUNE...OR 24 MILES NORTH OF ROCKLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MACUNE BY 1130 AM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN AUGUSTINE BY 1135 AM CDT...
GENEVA AND ROSEVINE BY 1140 AM CDT...
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
I know where Greenhouse Road crosses I-10, but where is that Farm to Market road at which it is hailing?
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
Stay safe everyone today. Looks like we'll be under the gun in a few hours especially if storms start forming ahead of the line things could get real ugly.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
Just S and W of my location Ed, W of Copperfield. Had some pea size hail briefly at my location.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
Little bulging segment travelling along I-10 into Houston Metro may have some pretty good wind gusts.
The northern end of that could clip may neighborhood just North of BW-8, and if there is some elevated rotation and maybe some hail, that might be the place for it.
But so far, just an entertaining storm with much needed rain for my lawn.
The northern end of that could clip may neighborhood just North of BW-8, and if there is some elevated rotation and maybe some hail, that might be the place for it.
But so far, just an entertaining storm with much needed rain for my lawn.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1139 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OAK RIDGE NORTH...OR NEAR THE WOODLANDS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO WOODBRANCH...SPLENDORA...SHENANDOAH...ROMAN FOREST...
PORTER HEIGHTS...PATTON VILLAGE AND CLEVELAND.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1139 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 1138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OAK RIDGE NORTH...OR NEAR THE WOODLANDS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO WOODBRANCH...SPLENDORA...SHENANDOAH...ROMAN FOREST...
PORTER HEIGHTS...PATTON VILLAGE AND CLEVELAND.
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Re: SE TX/SW LA weather: Severe Threat on Easter Sunday
PTrackerLA wrote:Stay safe everyone today. Looks like we'll be under the gun in a few hours especially if storms start forming ahead of the line things could get real ugly.
LFT might be interesting. ARA looks South of the front, LFT North of it based on DP and wind direction, and that front may be the place where storms will fire ahead of the forced line, ie, the place for supercells.
ARA already 77ºF, so I suspect storms there would be surface based. LCH might be storm contaminated by 18Z, but a special 18Z sounding for LIX might be interesting.
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