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

[vbhoutex]

Didn't get too much out of that here at the house. winds gusted around 35-40 maybe and just spits of rain and a tremendous light show. Daughter who lives closer to Jersey Village said "all hell is breaking loose here". My guess is they got the worst of it there with winds probably into the severe range. It looked like the Red Sea splitting on the radar when it approached our house. Rain may end up amounting to a trace unless more storms move in over night. Other areas of the metro have had 3"+ from what I have heard.

[Dave]

Around the Oak Ridge North area the 1 hour rainfall estimate on Doppler is between 1.5 - 3.0" in an hour. Houston so far shows a drip...er 1/10 inch.

[Dave]

GRlevel 3 about 1.5 mins old...

[Dave]

GONZALES TX-DEWITT TX-KARNES TX-
1054 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KARNES...WESTERN DEWITT AND GONZALES COUNTIES...

AT 1050 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
GONZALES TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF WESTHOFF TO 12 MILES WEST OF GARFIELD...
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GONZALES TO 10 MILES NORTH OF YORKTOWN
TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE NEW DAVY...GRUENAU...
CHEAPSIDE...HAMON...COTTON PATCH...HOCHHEIM AND DREYER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND 40 MPH WINDS IN NIXON
AT 1048 PM...ALTHOUGH THIS WAS NEAR A WEAKER PART OF THE LINE. THIS
IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.

[Dave]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1101 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN FRIO COUNTY...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY...
SOUTHERN UVALDE COUNTY...
NORTHERN ZAVALA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT.

* AT 1054 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR UVALDE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WASHER.

[Dave]

Have a good night world! I've got some studying to do on POD's...Point of Distrubution so guess I'd better get back to it. Already cleared 3 classes today and 3 exams...passed all so far but not sure if I want to learn about POD's agt midnight or not. Later all...

[vbhoutex]

Thanks Dave!! We may still get some tonight here in Houston if that system out by SA holds together. Study hard!

[jasons2k]

So I had an additional .72" from last night - not too bad. Maybe more for today?? We'll see...

[vbhoutex]

So I had an additional .72" from last night - not too bad. Maybe more for today?? We'll see...

Must be nice! I got exactly 5 spits of rain and that was it.

[southerngale]

So I had an additional .72" from last night - not too bad. Maybe more for today?? We'll see...

Must be nice! I got exactly 5 spits of rain and that was it.

lol - not much here yesterday either. There was a ton of thunder and lightning and it was really windy and I had limbs down in the yard, but not a lot of rain to go with it.

[jasons2k]

So I had an additional .72" from last night - not too bad. Maybe more for today?? We'll see...

Well, yeah, except last weekend I got 1.01" but the airport just a few miles south got almost 3" - along with most of Houston....

[vbhoutex]

Been a nice weekend, but it is definitely heating up and we will start drying out more quickly with the temps in the 90's. Even our rains last week didn't erase the deficit. Definitely helped though. Haven't had to water for over a week.

[jasons2k]

I soaked my lawn yesterday anticipating another hot and dry week ahead. This year I'm trying to soak it once a week instead of running the sprinkler system 3 times as week (it encourages deeper root growth, etc.). So far, the lawn is doing very well.

I've hit over 100 a few times already this spring in my back yard. I know my thermometer is accurate but I think my back yard is a hot microclimate with the concrete pool deck, etc.

[CajunMama]

One itty bitty raincloud and it's over my house! Oh this rain is niiiiice!

[srainhoutx]

I have been watering for days! Is the 'Cactus Forum' open?

[CajunMama]

I don't know if i've ever seen a circle of storms before.

[Flyinman]

Cajun Mama. Unfortunately, I have seen too many days like that here in The Woodlands. Many times rain will be coming straight for us, then split and form all around us. I used to joke about some weird High pressure dome around this particular area.

Have you received any of the rain today? Looks like Lousiana has a nice coverage of storms.

[vbhoutex]

We just had a very brief thundershower here in the Spring Branch area of Houston. No other storms around. Just this one rogue on the West side. didn't do any good though. Didn't even get the pavement wet enough to know it had rained.

[Dave]

Vb, remember when I had all that snow and wanted to get rid of it? Ok, 92 degrees is hot enough up here...think you can find some of that snow around and send it north? 92 isn't bad but dewpoints in the upper 60's to low 70's make it rough.

[vbhoutex]

Vb, remember when I had all that snow and wanted to get rid of it? Ok, 92 degrees is hot enough up here...think you can find some of that snow around and send it north? 92 isn't bad but dewpoints in the upper 60's to low 70's make it rough.

Welcome to our normal summer!! It was 95 here at the house today. That is about 7 degrees above normal. We were happy because the dewpoints were in the 60's today.