Heads up, LA!

[GalvestonDuck]

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT ... -loop.html

Creating a new post for you guys in the Louisiana area.

It looks as if a lot of this stuff that's moving your way is about to get heavier. My amateur opinion is that this slow moving system and the upper atmospheric conditions that are causing it have obviously moved eastward and might just be out of SE TX's hair soon and you guys (along with MS eventually) will have to contend with it for a few more days.

Then again, I could be wrong. Still draining out my skull cavity this morning, so the flooded crevices of my brain could be clouding my ability to figure this all out. That...and I'm not a met.

Be careful anyway if you're in LA or MS.

[CajunMama]

Duckie, it's quite soggy over here and no relief in sight!

Had to leave work early yesterday....the coulee (bayou, drainage ditch) which is about a football field away from my house was up to my backyard fence line and my street was flooded and I'm not in a flood zone.

Worried about what's going to happen today I've been flooded once before and don't want to go through that again (even though I have flood insurance now)

[bfez1]

No rain here at the moment. We are suppose to get "socked" again around 3pm.

[vbhoutex]

Duckie, sorry to disappoint you, but this pattern is expected to continue like it is for at least the next week!!! We may have our years worth of rain by the end of the month at the rate we are going now!!! The trough that has been causing this, set up the boundary for impulses coming in from the West to move along, now extends into LA. Thus they will be sharing in more of our wealth of rain.

[chadtm80]

Lake Charles, LA Radar


Fort Polk, LA Radar


New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA Radar


Shreveport, LA Radar

NWUS54 KLCH 251408
LSRLCH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
907 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0445 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 8 SE SABINE PASS 29.65N 93.80W
06/25/2004 55 MPH XXX XX PUBLIC

OFFSHORE OIL RIG RECORDED 55 MPH WIND GUST


&&

$$

ERICKSON


[whiteoutwx1796]

Now thats what i call soaking rains knocking on a doorstep.

[PTrackerLA]

The rain is moderate to heavy at times and locations around here are approaching 10" rainfall totals with this event according to storm total estimates.

[PTrackerLA]

The Vermilion river is approaching 13 ft. now which is 3 feet above flood stage. Around 15.5 ft. homes start to flood and the rain continues to come down with no end in sight and high rain chances through the weekend. The flooding situation down here could really start to get ugly.

[chadtm80]

WGUS54 KSHV 251818
FFWSHV
TXC005-252200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
115 PM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 115 PM CDT...SHREVEPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY OVER MUCH
OF ANGELINA COUNTY. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY
TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST...MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN NACOGDOCHES
COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO ANGELINA COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM CDT.

* THE CITY OF LUFKIN IS REPORTING STANDING WATER ON MANY CITY
STREETS AND WATER IS BEING REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY SIXTY NINE
BETWEEN LUFKIN AND HUNTINGTON AT THE BUCK CREEK LOW WATER CROSSING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR...
ANGELINA COUNTY IN EASTERN TEXAS
UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3126 9489 3128 9487 3133 9489 3134 9495
3139 9495 3144 9498 3150 9491 3142 9466
3125 9467 3123 9485

$$





[Stephanie]

Everyone PLEASE be careful down there! I'll be praying for you!

[PTrackerLA]

Here are some pictures of the Vermilion River flooding in Lafayette courtesy of a local news station.








And finally, this poor guy had a really bad day...

[vbhoutex]

We are not having flooding in Houston like in those pics, at least not yet. But with everything I see out West and the rain coming at us from the NE(if it makes it here) we could be posting similar pictures as our bayous and creeks start coming out of their banks. Right now it looks like a rather bleak picture for most of Southern LA and SE TX and possibly South Central TX. Right now there is nothing pointing to a break in this continuing parade of systems from West to East across these areas for at least the next couple of days and with all of the creeks, bayous, and rivers near flood stage and the ground completely saturated we could be on the doorstep of a serious flooding situation for many areas. Most of these areas have had at least 10" of rain this month with the majority of it in the last few days in TX and as much as 20" in S LA in the last month with some areas up to 10" in the last few days. It just doesn't paint a pretty picture. I hope that piture gets cheerier quickly!!

[Yankeegirl]

I just looked at the radar, and I noticed the storms refiring out in central Texas... Are those coming this way? We havent gotten any rain here since yesterday morning.. I am in West Houston... Poor you guys in Galveston and LA~ Watch out, If these stroms move this way, we will be under the gun again~!

[Yankeegirl]

They just issued a Flash Flood Watch till 6 AM on Saturday... I dont know how to post it to this site.. So I am just passing it along.. Its for all Southeast Texas.. They say we are having a break now, but it will pick up again overnight... Be safe!!

[vbhoutex]

I can't believe you haven't gotten any rain since yesterday morning!! You are only about 10 miles directly West of me and I woke up to rain and thunder and lightning this am. By the time I left for work we had already gotten about 3/4" of rain and it was pouring. I live about 2 miles N of I-10 just East of Gessner(North of Memorial City Mall).

[Yankeegirl]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/showsigwx.php?w ... LOOD+WATCH


Still working on how to post this...

When some one has a chance, let me know how to do this so I dont look like too much like an idiot! THX!

[Johnny]

YankeeGirl, I take it you are a heavy sleeper?

[Yankeegirl]

I am about 7 miles North of 10, at HW6...I am at Barker Cypress and 529... We had some thunder this morning, but not much rain.. Just a light drizzle... looks like its getting dark out now... and I am not a heavy sleeper... lol.. just didnt get anything out here...

[southerngale]

Yankee...highlight the text you want to copy, right click over it, and click COPY. Then right click and select PASTE to put it into a post.

[vbhoutex]

I am about 7 miles North of 10, at HW6...I am at Barker Cypress and 529... We had some thunder this morning, but not much rain.. Just a light drizzle... looks like its getting dark out now... and I am not a heavy sleeper... lol.. just didnt get anything out here...

The location does explain it. You are NW of me about 6 miles and all of the weather this am was South of that location moving ENE and E.

Current radar shows our next round heading this way out of the Austin/San Antonio area and it could be a doozy!! Check out the AFD that KatDaddy posted and you'll just go ahead and get the boat tied to the front porch with the oars in it!!!