August Weather Discussion

[tireman4]

It is dirt in my backyard. I have given up. I mean come on, why? My front yard is gone. Just gone. The sign that the Four Horseman (great song by Metallica, by the way) are here. Our neighbor across the street has built in sprinklers. They water twice a day. The yard is turning brown. Goodbye Summer. We officially (well not Wxman 57, he is loving this) hate you.

[Ptarmigan]

Let's hope the rain northeast of Houston holds up and gives us rain.

[srainhoutx]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
543 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 539 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN POLK
COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL POLK COUNTY
WITH LITTLE SOUTHWEST MOVEMENT AT UNDER 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO LAKE LIVINGSTON STATE PARK AND ONALASKA.

[Ptarmigan]

My coworker keeps saying it will get hotter by Friday. Can't wait! May lawn will be bursting into flames by the weekend.

Things start to spontaneously combust. Need cans of RAID and RAID fumigator to kill the Cockroach Ridge giving us heat and drought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC7wR_ia-Ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpFIyG3_-uU

[BoonDog]

This rain has to hit my location, it just has too

[Katdaddy]

Not a good time for the Houston-Galveston NWS to offline as a massive outflow boundary enters SE TX.

[biggerbyte]

Hmmm! If you live east of Harris and Montgomery Counties, look out. The rest of us, well it looks like some folks are going to get wet.

[jasons2k]

I'm watching the outflow boundary push south; it is almost here. You can see a pattern of storms firing along the outflow, then they quickly die-off and another line forms to it south. You can see an old lone in Walker County dying-off and a new one firing to its south near Conroe. In-between is a gap of no rain. Judging by the pattern, the line to my north is about to fall apart and a new one will form just to my south near the airport/2920/etc.

Sounds about right...

[tireman4]

We have clouds...Check
We have wind...check
We have cooler temperatures....check
We have rain...not check yet


http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/

[BoonDog]

I'm watching the outflow boundary push south; it is almost here. You can see a pattern of storms firing along the outflow, then they quickly die-off and another line forms to it south. You can see an old lone in Walker County dying-off and a new one firing to its south near Conroe. In-between is a gap of no rain. Judging by the pattern, the line to my north is about to fall apart and a new one will form just to my south near the airport/2920/etc.

Sounds about right...

NNNNooooooooooo

[srainhoutx]

In bound IAH traffic still on long approach out W for what it's worth. New Warning out...

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
729 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEHURST...AND MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO HOOKS AIRPORT...TOMBALL...THE WOODLANDS...SHENANDOAH...
OAK RIDGE NORTH AND MAGNOLIA.

[Andrew]

Just received a massive storm over College Station. Had gusts prob around 40-50 (or more) and lightning striking everywhere. Very impressive to see and a long time coming too. Haven't seen a storm like this in many years.

[unome]

hot damn !

[niner21]

hot damn !

I'll take seconds please...

Bunch of thunder and wind and maybe .25 in the gauge in Northern Magnolia area. Weak sister here. I watched the radar part the red seas around our neighborhood.... Thanks for the crap in the pool wind

[sleetstorm]

Does anyone know what caused those showers and thunderstorms to form?

[texaskaz]

Memorial NW ( south of Hooks). MASSIVE lightening. Huge Thunder. no rain message says 7:07 it is actually 807 PM

[singlemom]

Man, the storm came within an inch of my house....lightning and thunder to the immediate west....and then it actually made a blank horseshoe around us. Maybe two drops of rain. Can't believe it. I see this happen all the time..like there's a special branch of the Cockroach Ridge right over 45. *sigh*

In other news......does anyone know the rules about Heat Advisories and schools? I know that at our current heat the kids can be out for 30 minutes, but what about tomorrow or Friday when it's, what, 109? Our PE teacher is not too concerned.

[biffb816]

On the back side of a nice 45 minute old fashioned Texas thunderstorm here in the far northwest. Was kinda nice.

[srainhoutx]

Storm reports so far. Thanks for the heads up jcarr while I was away. Hearing reports of some possible damage to my W, out FM 529...

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
820 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011

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

0548 PM TSTM WND DMG LIVINGSTON 30.71N 94.94W
08/24/2011 POLK TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

TREES DOWN ON ROADWAYS IN LIVINGSTON

0729 PM TSTM WND GST BRYAN 30.67N 96.37W
08/24/2011 E60.00 MPH BRAZOS TX BROADCAST MEDIA

60 MPH WIND GUST AT KBTX TV STATION IN BRYAN. LARGE TREE
LIMBS DOWNED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BRYAN.

0755 PM TSTM WND GST SNOOK 30.49N 96.47W
08/24/2011 M69.00 MPH BURLESON TX TRAINED SPOTTER

WIND GUST OF 69 MPH MEASURED BY A HOME PORTABLE WEATHER
STATION

[ejburas]

Where along 529? I'm just south of 529, along Fry Rd and it was pretty rough over here for a bit.