May 2015 Record Setting May Rainfall Totals For Region

[djjordan]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
457 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

TXZ164-177>179-302245-
TRINITY TX-SAN JACINTO TX-WALKER TX-POLK TX-
457 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL POLK...SOUTHWESTERN
TRINITY...EASTERN WALKER AND NORTHWESTERN SAN JACINTO COUNTIES UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF POINT BLANK...OR 11 MILES EAST OF HUNTSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POINT BLANK...RIVERSIDE...SEBASTOPOL AND OAKHURST.

[Katdaddy]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING LINE OF
STORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS WILL
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WE WILL BE MONITORING
THIS AREA FOR A POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...SUGAR LAND...BAYTOWN...MISSOURI CITY...
NORTHERN FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE...DEER PARK...ROSENBERG...
STAFFORD...SOUTH HOUSTON...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...
RICHMOND...GALENA PARK...JACINTO CITY...LIBERTY...NORTHERN
MANVEL...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE AND BUNKER HILL VILLAGE.

[djjordan]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
530 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
CENTRAL FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 528 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND GAUGES
INDICATE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTHWESTERN PASADENA...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...ROSENBERG...
STAFFORD...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...RICHMOND...GALENA
PARK...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...BUNKER HILL
VILLAGE...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...ASTRODOME AREA...SPRING VALLEY...
GREATER FIFTH WARD...FIRST COLONY...NEARTOWN / MONTROSE...SECOND
WARD AND NEAR NORTHSIDE HOUSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

[djjordan]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
555 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SIENNA PLANTATION...OR NEAR
MISSOURI CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEARLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...ALVIN...
STAFFORD...MANVEL...ASTRODOME AREA...FRESNO...GREATER HOBBY AREA...
WESTERN SOUTH BELT / ELLINGTON...ARCOLA...BROOKSIDE VILLAGE...IOWA
COLONY...THOMPSONS...MINNETEX...SOUTH MAIN...SOUTH ACRES /
CRESTMONT PARK...FORT BEND HOUSTON...SUNNYSIDE AND SIENNA
PLANTATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

[djjordan]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
610 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

TXC015-089-157-185-201-239-339-473-477-481-310100-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0131.150530T2310Z-150531T0100Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLORADO TX-WHARTON TX-WASHINGTON TX-HARRIS TX-AUSTIN TX-JACKSON TX-
WALLER TX-MONTGOMERY TX-FORT BEND TX-GRIMES TX-
610 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
COLORADO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
AUSTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
WESTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ONE MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH AND ANOTHER
ASSOCIATED WITH A NORTH MOVING SEABREEZE. CELLS WITHIN THESE LINES
ARE PRODUCING RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE
STREET AND CREEK FLOODING. BOTH LINES WILL LIKELY COLLIDE
SOMEWHERE NEAR THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. SHOULD THIS
OCCUR...RAIN RATES WILL SPIKE EVEN HIGHER AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
MAY BE REQUIRED.


* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRENHAM...KATY...EL CAMPO...TOMBALL...WHARTON...SEALY...
HEMPSTEAD...PRAIRIE VIEW...EDNA...BROOKSHIRE...BELLVILLE...
COLUMBUS...EAGLE LAKE...PINEHURST...THE WOODLANDS...HOCKLEY...
WALLER...EAST BERNARD...WEIMAR AND GANADO.

[djjordan]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

TXZ226-227-310000-
WHARTON TX-FORT BEND TX-
614 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL WHARTON AND CENTRAL
FORT BEND COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 613 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KENDLETON...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHARTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSENBERG...RICHMOND...PECAN GROVE...NEEDVILLE...PLEAK...
FAIRCHILDS...BEASLEY...KENDLETON...THOMPSONS...CUMINGS...GREATWOOD
AND HUNGERFORD.

[davidiowx]

I've had a good 2" here in Sugar Land. It looks like we may see quite a bit more before this is over.

[djjordan]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

TXC039-157-167-201-310115-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0132.150530T2325Z-150531T0115Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BRAZORIA TX-HARRIS TX-GALVESTON TX-FORT BEND TX-
625 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 621 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS SAGGING
SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION AND PRODUCE RAIN RATES UP TO 2.5 INCHES
PER HOUR. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
SHOULD THE MOVEMENT OF THE LINE OF STORMS FURTHER SLOW A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING COULD BE REQUIRED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN PASADENA...SOUTHEASTERN PEARLAND...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS
CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE...ALVIN...NORTHERN ANGLETON...
DICKINSON...LA MARQUE...SANTA FE...SEABROOK...WEBSTER...
HITCHCOCK...MANVEL...WEST COLUMBIA...KEMAH...CLEAR LAKE...NASSAU
BAY AND TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE.

[djjordan]

I've had a good 2" here in Sugar Land. It looks like we may see quite a bit more before this is over.

Yep ... it is mighty wet around here!!!!

[unome]

about to get our first measurable rain today

[Cromagnum]

O.1" or less here south of Pearland. One hell of a lightning show however.

[DPD]

We got a lot more than that at Ellington.

[srainhoutx]

New Graphics out for the Month of May from NWS Austin/San Antonio and Houston/Galveston.

[srainhoutx]

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON, TX
1006 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015

...The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has issued a flood warning
for the following rivers...

Peach Creek Near Splendora affecting the following counties in Texas...
Montgomery

For Peach Creek at Splendora, Minor flooding is forecasted.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Persons are urged to stay away from the river until water levels recede.

Motorists should avoid any water covered roads and find an alternate route.

Livestock and equipment should remain out of the flood plain for the next few
days.

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather radio or other news sources for further updates.

1006 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2015

The National Weather Service in Houston/Galveston has issued a

* Flood Warning for
The Peach Creek Near Splendora...
* until late Monday night...or until the warning is canceled.
* At 0945 AM Sunday..the stage was 12.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
* Forecast...Rise above flood stage this afternoon to near 14.1 feet tonight...
then recede overnight to drop below flood stage Monday afternoon.
* At 13.0 feet...Minor lowland flooding begins as water escapes the main
channel.

[unome]

Bob Henson did an awesome blog post on the rains of May, etc, for OK & TX

• http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=3001

more on Bob Henson

• https://www2.ucar.edu/for-staff/update/ ... nderground
  
  https://opencat.library.ucar.edu/cgi-bi ... Robert,%22
  
  http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2889
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henson
  
  https://twitter.com/bhensonweather