March: Warm Days To End The Month With Isolated Showers

[mckinne63]

Nice rain coming down in Stafford right now. Ahhh...I love the sound of rain.

[svrwx0503]

Pretty strong storm moving toward the Copperfield area. Harris county rain gauge at Bear Creek and FM 529 has recorded almost 1'' of rain in 30 min. Could also have some pea sized hail.

[srainhoutx]

Pretty strong storm moving toward the Copperfield area. Harris county rain gauge at Bear Creek and FM 529 has recorded almost 1'' of rain in 30 min. Could also have some pea sized hail.

Yeah, Matt. Just received a quick inch up here with frequent CG lightening.

[svrwx0503]

Pretty strong storm moving toward the Copperfield area. Harris county rain gauge at Bear Creek and FM 529 has recorded almost 1'' of rain in 30 min. Could also have some pea sized hail.

Yeah, Matt. Just received a quick inch up here with frequent CG lightening.

Any hail?

[PaulEInHouston]

Definite shortwave impulse approaching from W/SW area as storm increasing in coverage and strength. Radar indicated hail poss to .5" diam in cell to N/NE of Katy http://wx.apxsolutionsinc.com/wxradarbaseref.php. Gusty winds here in League City to 25 mph.

It also appears a previously mentioned coastal low may be trying to spin up to the NE of BRO and S of CRP area as indicated by radar returns...hard to say for sure.

[srainhoutx]

Pretty strong storm moving toward the Copperfield area. Harris county rain gauge at Bear Creek and FM 529 has recorded almost 1'' of rain in 30 min. Could also have some pea sized hail.

Yeah, Matt. Just received a quick inch up here with frequent CG lightening.

Any hail?

No. But Gene reports small hail in Jersey Village.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
339 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

TXZ199-213-092245-
HARRIS-MONTGOMERY-
339 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

...ELEVATED STORM PRODUCING SMALL HAIL IN HARRIS COUNTY...

AT 330 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JERSEY VILLAGE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A STORM SPOTTER NEAR FRY
ROAD AS THIS STORM PUSHED THROUGH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...PORTER...NEW CANEY...
LAKE HOUSTON DAM...ADDICKS...SPRING VALLEY...SPRING...KINGWOOD...
JERSEY VILLAGE...HUMBLE...HILSHIRE VILLAGE...BARRETT AND ALDINE

[mckinne63]

Hearing some thunder. Hope my husband is inside at the Rodeo.

[srainhoutx]

Near 1.75 inches of rain in the past 45 minutes at my location.

[PaulEInHouston]

Near 1.75 inches of rain in the past 45 minutes at my location.

Where located? That's a Texas size dumping!

[srainhoutx]

Near 1.75 inches of rain in the past 45 minutes at my location.

Where located? That's a Texas size dumping!

Near 290 @ HWY 6 N. HGX is monitoring rainfall rates for Urban/Small Stream Flood Advisory. We'll see.

[PaulEInHouston]

Just had some small dime size hail League City

[srainhoutx]

Nearing 2.25 inches of rain in the past hour now at my location.

[mckinne63]

Looks like it is clearing up in Stafford. Not sure on inches, but I know I don't have to put any water in the pool or the pond.

[Snowman]

wow srain! your location may be one of those lucky areas with 5 to 6 inches of rain by the end of sunday!

[srainhoutx]

wow srain! your location may be one of those lucky areas with 5 to 6 inches of rain by the end of sunday!

The NAM (WRF/NMM) did suggest this happening yesterday. We'll see what future guidance offer over night regarding Saturday night/Sunday...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
343 PM CST FRI MAR 9 2012

.DISCUSSION...
PERIODS OF -RA WITH EMBEDDED TSTMS SHOULD PERSIST THRU THE EVENING
HOURS. MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD AVERAGE 1/4-1/3"...BUT LOCALIZED
SWATHS OF 1.25" AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER THE TSTMS. SMALL HAIL
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THINK MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY
DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND MIGRATE BACK WEST AHEAD OF THE NEXT
PIECE OF ENERGY EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS TX ON
SATURDAY. EXACT TRACK OF THIS NEXT ROUND OF THE HEAVIER PRECIP IS
QUESTIONABLE AT THIS TIME BUT CLOSE ENOUGH TO OUR NRN ZONES TO
TAKE NOTICE - ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE FAVORABLE DIFFLUENT FLOW
ALOFT. NAM12 & WRF INDICATE IT WILL PASS JUST N OF OUR CWA. THEY
DID THE BEST JOB WITH LAST NIGHT AND TODAYS WX. BUT LOOKING AT W/V
IMAGERY DOWN IN MEXICO...CANNOT RULE OUT THE FURTHER SOUTHWARD
TRACK ADVERTISED BY GFS/ECMWF EITHER - POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE NRN
1/3-1/2 OF THE CWA. HAVE LIKELY POPS GOING ACROSS THE N/NW HALF OF THE
REGION AND NOT PLANNING ON CHANGING THAT. ALSO DON`T THINK WHATEVER
RAIN FALLS TOMORROW WILL CAUSE ANY WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOOD
ISSUES. BUT THE AMOUNTS WILL PLAY A FACTOR IN DETERMINING IF AND
WHERE THE THREAT WILL BE ON SUNDAY WHEN THE MAIN TROF AXIS PUSHES
ACROSS ON SUNDAY.

[tireman4]

Lightning and Thunder in Humble with moderate to heavy rainfall....

[txflagwaver]

Rockin and Rollin with thunder and lightning here!!

[Katdaddy]

Picked up .77". Lots of vivid lightening with CGs. Agree that Srain will be the rainfall lottery winner by Monday morning.

[ticka1]

Its pouring with thunder and lightning here between Baytown and Mont Belvieu! I think this is setting in....

[Andrew]

It took me 3 hours to get from college station to Houston and it rained a good hour to hour and a half in NW Houston. I picked up between 1-2 inches of rain and the streets outside were almost flooded. Now the grounds are saturated around here and any large amounts of rain later could provide some issues for flooding. Look out later tonight into Sunday for some more heavy rain. Sunday looks like the best chance as the ULL tracks east.