August 2014 - Showers/Storms Possible To End The Month

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12z CMC run has it making landfall near the Florida Keys in 8 days.

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Getting some good rain and thunder up here in NW Houston just inside the loop. Slow moving storms once again. As srain mentioned models are doing a poor job initializing storms of this nature. The scale is really hard for most global models to really grasp.
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Based on various model guidance alone, there's probably going to be *some* kind of disturbance in the Gulf next week. Beyond that ... all is speculation. We should be keeping our eyes open anyhow this time of year.

Any rain-making tropical system (sans destructive winds) would be welcome in south central Texas. ;)
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Currently receiving much needed rain along with some thunder and wind. (Happy dance time!)
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
140 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 139 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAYTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAYTOWN...LA PORTE...SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY...DAYTON...HIGHLANDS...
BARRETT...MONT BELVIEU...OLD RIVER-WINFREE...COVE...MORGAN`S POINT
AND SAN JACINTO STATE PARK.
Carla/Alicia/Jerry(In The Eye)/Michelle/Charley/Ivan/Dennis/Katrina/Rita/Wilma/Humberto/Ike/Harvey

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Had a power outage by the bay today with that storm that blew thru.
Keeping an eye on that 96L.
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Flood Advisory for the Beaumont area...

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
301 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014

TXC245-361-192200-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FA.Y.0033.140819T2001Z-140819T2200Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JEFFERSON TX-ORANGE TX-
301 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEAUMONT...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VIDOR...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 2 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA FROM SLOW
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ADVANCING NORTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LAND
ADJACENT TO SMALL CREEKS AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...FRONTAGE ROADS...
HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...FARM-TO-MARKET AND OTHER SECONDARY ROADS MAY
FLOOD.

TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE
FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE
ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
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Man, we are getting hammered here in Beaumont. Nice!!
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0.09 inches today.
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The Northwest Caribbean is very warm with warm waters that go down deep.
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