SE TX/SW LA weather: Much cooler and WET after Tuesday

[southerngale]

It looks like the storms this afternoon will miss my area to the east. There's still some out there developing, so I haven't lost all hope yet.

My weather alert went off a few minutes ago... it's for the Jasper area.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TXC241-182045-
/O.NEW.KLCH.SV.W.0141.090718T1955Z-090718T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
255 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF TOWN
BLUFF...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 345 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

[Yankeegirl]

Does anyone else notice that all the storms are popping all around Houston, but Houston never gets any of it?? I just put on the sprinkler in the back yard....

[jasons2k]

Storms firing to the north and outflow/seabreeze racing from the south.

And this time it looks like everything may collide on Montgomery County instead of south of me I think my odds for rain today look pretty good!

[jasons2k]

Shot at 2009-07-18

[srainhoutx]

Storms firing to the north and outflow/seabreeze racing from the south.

And this time it looks like everything may collide on Montgomery County instead of south of me I think my odds for rain today look pretty good!

I am hoping. Darn seabeeze has always been to my S for so long as the boundries drop S from the N. Maybe, just maybe today is "our day" Jason.

[southerngale]

Wow, we're getting a really intense storm right now. I haven't seen the wind blow this hard since moving here in November. Sideways rain hitting the front door under the porch, slapping against the windows and whipping the tree limbs around. No clue how much but the dry birdbath is already overflowing and the rain is pouring off the roof.

It looked like it was going to miss me to my east, but I thought the storms were moving southeast. Good luck to you guys west of here!

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
442 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

TXC199-241-245-351-361-182200-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-090718T2200Z/
NEWTON TX-JASPER TX-HARDIN TX-JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-
442 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN ORANGE...NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...EASTERN HARDIN...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 BUNA TO BEVIL OAKS...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUNA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUMBERTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VIDOR...ROSE CITY...PINE FOREST...MAURICEVILLE...GIST AND BEAUMONT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 9423 3053 9408 3052 9406 3056 9408
3058 9408 3061 9400 3020 9372 3001 9421
3046 9442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 332DEG 24KT 3042 9398 3018 9424

$$

MM







Severe Weather Statement

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
442 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

TXC199-241-245-351-361-182200-
/O.CON.KLCH.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-090718T2200Z/
NEWTON TX-JASPER TX-HARDIN TX-JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-
442 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN ORANGE...NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON...EASTERN HARDIN...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTIES...

AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 BUNA TO BEVIL OAKS...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BUNA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUMBERTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VIDOR...ROSE CITY...PINE FOREST...MAURICEVILLE...GIST AND BEAUMONT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3053 9423 3053 9408 3052 9406 3056 9408
3058 9408 3061 9400 3020 9372 3001 9421
3046 9442
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 332DEG 24KT 3042 9398 3018 9424

$$

MM

[jasons2k]

Outflows about to collide:


Shot at 2009-07-18

Marked in blue:


Shot at 2009-07-18

[srainhoutx]

Looking better Jason. Keeping an eye on the cell near Madisonville. You may be in the right spot today.

[southerngale]

Wind damage has been reported with these storms.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
502 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUR LAKE...
SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SABINE PASS...PORT NECHES...PORT
ARTHUR...NOME...NEDERLAND...HAMSHIRE...GROVES...CENTRAL GARDENS...
BEAUMONT...
SOUTHWESTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEWEYVILLE...
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST ORANGE...VIDOR...ORANGE...
MAURICEVILLE...BRIDGE CITY...
SOUTHWESTERN CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE...JOHNSON
BAYOU...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 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 ORANGE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BEAUMONT TO NOME...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PORT NECHES AND NEDERLAND BY 510 PM CDT...
GROVES BY 515 PM CDT...
PORT ARTHUR BY 520 PM CDT...
HAMSHIRE BY 525 PM CDT...
SABINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE BY 535 PM CDT...
SABINE PASS AND JOHNSON BAYOU BY 545 PM CDT...

WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR VIDOR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

[Flyinman]

I see rain all around but blue sky here...UUUGH!! I sure hope something converges quick!!

[jasons2k]

I think it's about to dump right on top of me.

[jasons2k]

I see rain all around but blue sky here...UUUGH!! I sure hope something converges quick!!

I don't think we'll have to wait too much longer.

[Flyinman]

Yep looking better, wife just went outside to get mail so it should rain any minute . However, we are near 2978 and 1488 and seems a lot of times, the rain stops at 2978 near Walmart but today looks like our best chance in quite some time.

[Flyinman]

Well, can't believe it or actually I can...Not a drop here..Ghost of 2979 strikes again

[srainhoutx]

Getting pounded in NW Harris County. Man, has it been so long since I've seen this kind of rainfall.

[jasons2k]

We just got back from dinner - I'll have to check the guage but I can tell we got a lot of rain at once.

[Yankeegirl]

We just got nailed by that storm!! It was great!! I dont have a rain gauge, but we got alot of rain... the streets looked flooded... it was raining so hard, it looked like it was snowing out!! I love it!! I hope we dont have to wait another few months for another round of rain!!!

[srainhoutx]

Right at 2 inches in the old rain bucket. Most rain I've seen since April.

[srainhoutx]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
731 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

TXZ213-237-238-190115-
BRAZORIA-GALVESTON-HARRIS-
731 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 2009

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH HOUSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HOBBY AIRPORT...
ELLINGTON FIELD...WEBSTER...SOUTH HOUSTON...PEARLAND...NASSAU BAY...
MANVEL...LEAGUE CITY...FRIENDSWOOD AND BROOKSIDE VILLAGE.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS TO
BLOW AROUND. AVOID TALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN ATTRACT LIGHTNING.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE OR
NON-CONVERTABLE AUTOMOBILE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.


Rainfall gauges looking good for NW Harris County...

http://www.hcoem.org/HCRainfall.aspx

[vbhoutex]

Ended up with 1.35" here at the house. Nice cooldown to 71ºf after a high of 102ºf today. The lightning with this one was intense. Winds gusted around 30 mph. I guess I will have to threaten to water the lawn more often.