Unfortunately there are reports of 4 deaths from the storm today. The damage across the city is insane. There are buildings that had complete wall failure.

More pics from the neighborhood.Many roads are inaccessible due to trees.

DoctorMu wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 6:28 pm Equivalent of a CAT 2-3 eyewall heading into Houston. Radar indicated winds 120 mph gusts.

It really was like being in a hurricane eyewall. I don’t usually get scared of the weather but I had to go into an interior room because it was getting legitimately scary.

Trees are down all over the neighborhood. I’ll post more later.

So much for Matt Lanza… This is by far the strongest winds I’ve ever seen outside of Hurricane Ike. There is damage EVERYWHERE the scariest situation I’ve been in weather wise.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE MOVING INTO HOUSTON. THIS IS NOT A DRILL RADAR INDICATING WINDS OVER 100MPH.

THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR THE HOUSTON METRO AREA.

HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts.

The tornado warning AND severe thunderstorm warning now expanded into inner city Houston.HGX mentioning winds of up to 80MPH are possible.I don't recall being under two different warniings at the same time. Tornado Warning National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 613 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 The ...

Wow it's pitch black in Cy Fair right now.

Very concerned with the embedded hook echo moving into Cyfair. A tornado may be on the ground based on velocity...

Good news after friday for those folks that have been hammered so hard by the rain the last few weeks, the mexican heat ridge begins to build in next week and looks to stay in place through the end of may, so we should have plenty of time to dry out, though i see alot of upper 90’s to near 100 in t...

Also, just looking at satellite and radar, I do see a potentially very heavy rain/training event setup further south than the excessive rainfall maps. Houston metro needs to keep a watch. Same goes here for MoCo. Yep the HRRR is showing such a scenario. Screenshot 2024-05-16 at 14-02-05 Models HRRR...

Watch coming... mcd0802.png Mesoscale Discussion 0802 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0112 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Areas affected...southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 161812Z - 162045Z Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent SUMMARY......

I just realized that SPC has issued another ENHANCED risk for severe weather today mainly for damaging winds.There may be a very rough rush hour later today. spcrd1cat.us_sc.png stpcd1wind.us_sc.png Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1133 AM CDT Thu May 16 2024 Valid 1616...

We may have to watch friday closely for more flooding as some of the mesoscale guidance is starting to show yet another disturbance moving in with more heavy rain behind thursdays system I noticed that on the HRRR and FV3. That is what i was referring to when i mentioned on Monday the possibility o...

It will be interesting to see how wet June ends up this year. As June is Houstons wettest month on average. Last year the faucet turned off the last week of May. Not here in Houston, we had several significant severe weather events last June.To be fair though rainfall was still below normal in June...

It will be interesting to see how wet June ends up this year. As June is Houstons wettest month on average.

wpc_excessive_rainfall_dayjh3.us_sc.png Excessive Rainfall Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 1201 PM EDT Tue May 14 2024 Day 3 Valid 12Z Thu May 16 2024 - 12Z Fri May 17 2024 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF EAST TEXAS AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN...

HGX already mentioning Thursday.