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

[jasons2k]

I ended up with .78". Not as much as I had hoped for but not bad.

[Ed Mahmoud]

No gauge, but between half an inch and an inch per doppler estimates, which seems about right. Gusty winds before the rain started took a few leaves and twigs off the oak. Not severe, by any means, but a good show of wind, lightning, and thunder.

[southerngale]

A man was killed in the storms today.
It happened in Vidor, between Beaumont and Orange.

Orange County man dies in weather related accident
July 18, 2009 - 7:16 PM

Orange County Press Release - On Saturday July 18, 2009 at approximately 4:45PM, the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a call of a man that had been struck by a tree limb in North Vidor. On arrival Deputies learned that Willie Clayton Cothern, an 85 year old Vidor resident was arriving at his residence at 165 Hulett St. in Vidor during the height of today's storm. He was the passenger in the vehicle which was being driven by his caretaker. The caretaker pulled the car close to an awning so Mr. Cothern could get out of the car closest to the house due to the heavy rain and high winds. As Mr. Cothern exited the passengers side of the vehicle an extremely large tree limb broke from near the top of a 50-60 foot tree. The limb fell and struck Mr. Cothern in the head causing a large fracture of his skull. Mr. Cothern died at the scene as a result of his injuries. The vehicle and awning were also damaged by the limb. Deputies described the limb as being as "big as a car."

Orange County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Janice Menard responded and pronounced Mr. Cothern deceased at the scene. An autopsy has been ordered and Mr. Cothern was transported to the Jefferson County Morgue. No one else was injured in this incident. The Criminal Investigations Division is conducting the investigation.

A church in Orange was also struck by lightning, causing a fire.

Church in Orange struck by lightening
July 19, 2009 - 12:22 AM


Saturday's storms are being blamed on a church fire in Orange.

Orange County firefighters from all over the county battled a fire at the Old First Baptist Church off I-10 and Highway 62.

The fire broke out at 7:00p.m. Saturday evening.

It's believed the church was struck by lightening during Saturday's severe weather.

[TexasSam]

All kinds of lightning, thunder, and wind, but just enough rain to make it humid...
I took some pictures, let's see if I can make this work.

[SETXWXLADY]

That is so sad about the death and the fire. It was aweful here this evening.
We too had some limbs down and broken.
Thankfully they were not big and no one was hurt.
This from NWS Lake Charles

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY AROUND 2 INCHES ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH...WITH POCKETS APPROACHING 6
INCHES. 40 MPH GUSTS WERE COMMON AND RATHER LONG-LIVED...WITH
ISOLATED AREAS 60 PLUS. MUST SAY THAT THIS COMPLEX PRODUCED SOME
IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CLOUD TO GROUND AND LIGHTNING. ATTEMPTED TO
STICK MY HEAD OUT THE FRONT DOOR FOR A PEAK...BUT RAPIDLY RETURNED
INSIDE AFTER A NEARBY STRIKE.

[HouTXmetro]

I was very thankful for yesterday's rainfall, we got a good soaking! What shall today bring?

[Flyinman]

I am hoping today brings rain!!! The irony is when I was in Beaumont, I used to watch the showers move close then deviate or dispate..Now that I am in The Woodlands I see the same thing here and Beaumont getting tons of rain...Go figure..My brother always said I am my own planet and put out my own heat..Perhaps I have a constant High around me

I am enjoying the "mild" temps though and glad to see we have a decent chance for the week to come.

[southerngale]

I just checked my rain gauge from yesterday's storms: there was a little over 2 inches in there.

[CajunMama]

Lake Charles NWS finally has someone with a sense of humor writing the forecast discussions.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY AROUND 2 INCHES ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH...WITH POCKETS APPROACHING 6
INCHES. 40 MPH GUSTS WERE COMMON AND RATHER LONG-LIVED...WITH
ISOLATED AREAS 60 PLUS. MUST SAY THAT THIS COMPLEX PRODUCED SOME
IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CLOUD TO GROUND AND LIGHTNING. ATTEMPTED TO
STICK MY HEAD OUT THE FRONT DOOR FOR A PEAK...BUT RAPIDLY RETURNED
INSIDE AFTER A NEARBY STRIKE. DID ALSO SEE CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING
ACTIVITY IN POST-STRATOFORM RAINS...ALWAYS INTERESTING BUT NOT UNUSUAL
WITH THESE TYPE COMPLEXES.

ENJOY THIS PATTERN BECAUSE IT SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WHICH WE
HAVE NOT SEEN THAT MUCH THIS SUMMER. THE DROUGHT SHOULD EASE SOME OVER THIS
PACKAGE AS WELL AS RAINS BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RAINS ARE
WELCOME AT THIS POINT SINCE TREE ROOTS ARE GETTING HIGH ENOUGH TO TRIP ON.

[Yankeegirl]

I cant believe they wrote that!! Thats too funny!! We got a really good storm yesterday, hope we get another today!! I would feel spoiled to get rain for 2 days in a row!!!

[SETXWXLADY]

Lake Charles NWS finally has someone with a sense of humor writing the forecast discussions.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY AROUND 2 INCHES ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH...WITH POCKETS APPROACHING 6
INCHES. 40 MPH GUSTS WERE COMMON AND RATHER LONG-LIVED...WITH
ISOLATED AREAS 60 PLUS. MUST SAY THAT THIS COMPLEX PRODUCED SOME
IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF CLOUD TO GROUND AND LIGHTNING. ATTEMPTED TO
STICK MY HEAD OUT THE FRONT DOOR FOR A PEAK...BUT RAPIDLY RETURNED
INSIDE AFTER A NEARBY STRIKE. DID ALSO SEE CONSIDERABLE LIGHTNING
ACTIVITY IN POST-STRATOFORM RAINS...ALWAYS INTERESTING BUT NOT UNUSUAL
WITH THESE TYPE COMPLEXES.

ENJOY THIS PATTERN BECAUSE IT SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WHICH WE
HAVE NOT SEEN THAT MUCH THIS SUMMER. THE DROUGHT SHOULD EASE SOME OVER THIS
PACKAGE AS WELL AS RAINS BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE REGION. THE RAINS ARE
WELCOME AT THIS POINT SINCE TREE ROOTS ARE GETTING HIGH ENOUGH TO TRIP ON.

That is hilarious.

[southerngale]

Radar doesn't look especially interesting (yet), but storms are starting to fire.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 603
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
240 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 603 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

TXC001-005-027-041-051-073-085-113-121-139-145-161-185-199-213-
217-225-251-257-289-291-293-309-313-331-339-347-349-373-395-397-
401-407-423-439-455-457-467-471-477-200200-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0603.090719T1940Z-090720T0200Z/

TX
. TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ANDERSON ANGELINA BELL
BRAZOS BURLESON CHEROKEE
COLLIN DALLAS DENTON
ELLIS FALLS FREESTONE
GRIMES HARDIN HENDERSON
HILL HOUSTON JOHNSON
KAUFMAN LEON LIBERTY
LIMESTONE MADISON MCLENNAN
MILAM MONTGOMERY NACOGDOCHES
NAVARRO POLK ROBERTSON
ROCKWALL RUSK SAN JACINTO
SMITH TARRANT TRINITY
TYLER VAN ZANDT WALKER
WASHINGTON
$$


ATTN...WFO...FWD...HGX...LCH...SHV...

[somethingfunny]

Oh my. My uncle and I were standing outside in the rain at his house in Garland when it suddenly began hailing marble sizes, and the wind began to pick up dramatically. We barely got underneath the porch overhang when the winds started HOWLING, leaves and twigs and white spray of rain were whipping across the street horizontally, there was a huge crack that sounded like lightning but instead I saw the neighbor's tree across the street twist 360 degrees before the top half of it fell on the lawn. I stood pressed against the wall and watched this windstorm for another 30 seconds or so and then I realized that half the tree limbs on the block were down. My uncle's house (which I'm inside) now has half a pecan tree resting on the roof. The spot we were standing in a moment earlier is covered with huge branches.

There was no Severe Thunderstorm Warning at the time.

Now that I look at the radar it looks like we experienced a downburst.

[somethingfunny]

TXC113-257-397-192045-
/O.CON.KFWD.SV.W.0368.000000T0000Z-090719T2045Z/
DALLAS TX-ROCKWALL TX-KAUFMAN TX-
245 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KAUFMAN...WESTERN ROCKWALL AND EASTERN DALLAS
COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GARLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN GARLAND.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HEATH BY 255 PM CDT...
SUNNYVALE BY 305 PM CDT...
DALLAS BY 310 PM CDT...
MESQUITE AND FORNEY BY 315 PM CDT...
BALCH SPRINGS BY 325 PM CDT...
SEAGOVILLE AND HUTCHINS BY 340 PM CDT...

[jasons2k]

Shot at 2009-07-19

[Yankeegirl]

I am sitting at the pool as I type this, the weather is great! Yesterday at this time was a different story! I'm thinking its not going to rain here today...

[Flyinman]

Seems like most of the development is to the East again today. Hopefully those storms from the North will make it this way.

[CajunMama]

We may not even hit 90 here today. How pleasant is that!

[southerngale]

I've gotten a little rain today so far. Not much, though. More could be headed this way... hard to tell yet if it will cross my path.

Weather alert went off a few minutes ago...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
517 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILDWOOD...
SOUTHWESTERN TYLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WARREN...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARREN...AND MOVING SOUTH AT
10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARREN BY 545 PM CDT...
WILDWOOD BY 615 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

[Ed Mahmoud]

Mowed and weed-whacked. T-storm headed for Harris County hasn't poofed yet, but it still has time.

Yeseterday's half to one inch of rain was most welcome, but we need more.



marble sized hail is a nice treat, but only room in the garage for the minivan, and I forget the deductible on the homeowners insurance. Any bigger ice cubes than marble is unwanted.

WWUS54 KHGX 192357
SVSHGX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
657 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009

TXC041-051-200015-
/O.CON.KHGX.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-090720T0015Z/
BRAZOS TX-BURLESON TX-
657 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR BURLESON AND BRAZOS COUNTIES...

AT 656 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WELLBORN...OR NEAR COLLEGE
STATION...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

NUMEROUS PUBLIC REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN COLLEGE STATION.

* LOCATIONS IN THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO MILLICAN AND BRYAN

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE
PROPERTY DAMAGE OR SERIOUS INJURY. AVOID WINDOWS AND TAKE COVER...
NOW!

&&

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.

LAT...LON 3068 9641 3069 9620 3065 9617 3062 9618
3045 9611 3044 9608 3040 9611 3038 9616
3040 9619 3039 9621 3037 9627 3039 9630
3035 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 001DEG 16KT 3054 9631

$$








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WUUS54 KHGX 192354
SVRHGX
TXC339-200030-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0132.090719T2354Z-090720T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
654 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF MAGNOLIA...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
PINEHURST...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO LAKE CONROE DAM...DOBBIN...DACUS...STAGECOACH AND
MONTGOMERY..

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OR DAMAGE
BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

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.

LAT...LON 3026 9580 3045 9581 3049 9580 3045 9553
3015 9551 3017 9556 3014 9558 3010 9567
3010 9572 3009 9577 3009 9582
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 018DEG 17KT 3037 9569

$$