July Weather Discussion

[srainhoutx]

Yeah, we just had a heavy shower that lasted about 10 minutes in NW Harris County. The radar trends to our E are concerning for later. HGX is thinking a general 2 inches across the area today. We shall see.

[srainhoutx]

SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/19/10 1237Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: GOES-13 1215Z KUSSELSON
.
LOCATION...SW AND W CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SE TEXAS...
.
ATTN WFOS...LCH...HGX...
ATTN RFCS...LMRFC...WGRFC...
.
EVENT...EXCESSIVELY HIGH PRECIP WATER AND JUST ENOUGH LIFT FOR EXCESSIVE
HVY RAINS IN SPOTS...
.
SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...PERSISTENT EXCESSIVELY HIGH PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES OF OVER 130 PERCENT OF NORMAL BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY AT LEAST
3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL COVER THE
SE TEXAS AND AND W LOUISIANA AREA. DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW SURFACE MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE MAX NEARBY PROVIDING JUST ENOUGH LIFT AS GOES SOUNDER LIS NOT
VERY UNSTABLE. WITH LIGHT UPPER LEVEL WINDS ALOFT...CELLS DON'T MOVE VERY
MUCH AND WITH SUCH HIGH MOISTURE ARE GIVING 2-2.5"/HR BEFORE DISSIPATING
OR GOING TO LIGHT AFTER AN HOUR OR SO. LATEST CELL CLOUD TOPS HAVE
WARMED CENTERED ON JEFFERSON/ORANGE COUNTY TEXAS AND CAMERON/CALCASIEU
PARISH LA...BUT RESIDUAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE FF THREAT
THRU THE MORNING HOURS. WHOLE AREA FROM MONTGOMERY/HARRIS COUNTY TX TO
S NATCHITOCHES/GRANT PARISH TO
WESTERN CAMERON PARISH LA TO GALVESTON COUNTY TX WILL BE VULNERABLE
TO EXCESSIVE RAINS THAT WILL LAST ABOUT AN HR OR SO AND PROVIDE AT
LEAST URBAN TYPE FF POTENTIAL THRU THE MORNING HOURS. WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR...

[srainhoutx]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1123 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

TXC373-407-455-471-191715-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0060.100719T1623Z-100719T1715Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRINITY TX-POLK TX-WALKER TX-SAN JACINTO TX-
1123 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHERN TRINITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT

* AT 1119 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN ONALASKA AND TRINITY...OR ALONG
THE NORTHERN REACHES OF LAKE LIVINGSTON.

THIS RAIN IS PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RATES...WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY 2 TO 3 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATIONS. FLOODING OF LOWER LYING
AREAS IS EITHER OCCURRING...OR WILL BE IMMINENT...GOING INTO NOON
ACROSS THESE AREAS.

[srainhoutx]

We are getting close to Flood Advisory criteria again in Western Harris County.

[weatherguy425]

Imteresting afternoon tid-bit from HGX...

OF NOTE...EURO WANTS TO BRING AN EASTERLY WAVE TO THE
TEXAS COAST BY SATURDAY WHILE GFS HOLDS OFF ON THIS IDEA UNTIL MON
OR TUE. IT APPEARS ENSEMBLE IS TILTING TOWARDS A MORE TRADITIONAL
LATE JULY PATTERN...WEAKER (FLATTENED) SOUTHERN PLAINS RIDGING...
INCREASED PROBABILITY OF THE HIGHER FREQUENCY OF EASTERN TROPICAL
WAVES/HIGHLY MOIST AIR MASSES HEADING INTO THE WESTERN GULF. 31

[srainhoutx]

Another nugget in the Aviation update...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
749 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

.AVIATION...
SMALL CLUSTERS OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH HOU/SGR AND CXO HAVE
DISSIPATED. STILL HAVE STORMS GOING UP IN THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS
(GPS IPWV 2.15-2.45") THOUGH MAINLY EAST OF GLS AND THIS IS ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE SW DRIFTING MCV ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF GLS
BAY NEAR SMITH POINT. EXPECT THAT SHRA WILL CONTINUE EAST OF GLS
AND COULD EVEN COME CLOSER IN A FEW HOURS. HAVE ADDED VCSH TO GLS
THROUGH 05Z. OVER THE HOUSTON TERMINALS EXPECT CU AND AC TO
DISSIPATE LEAVING MAINLY A HIGH CLOUD DECK. LATE TONIGHT POTENTIAL
FOR FOG IS FAIRLY HIGH GIVEN THE RAINFALL/CALM WINDS/T-TD SPREADS
NOW OF 4-6 DEGREES. HIT THE 10-12Z TIMEFRAME THE HARDEST BUT WILL
BE CLOSELY MONITORING OBS AS FOG COULD START EARLIER ESPECIALLY AT
THE USUAL MORE RURAL TERMINALS. AS FOR DAYTIME TOMORROW THE
AIRMASS IS SUPPOSED TO BE `DRIER` BUT THAT COULD JUST MEAN THAT
DAYTIME HEATING WITH HIGHER CONVECTIVE TEMPS OF 90-92 MAY BE
NEEDED TO DRIVE STORMS. FOR NOW HAVE JUST ADDED CB/VCTS TO PACKAGE
FOR 21Z AND LATER AT MOST SITES.
45

[Ptarmigan]

Another nugget in the Aviation update...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
749 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2010

.AVIATION...
SMALL CLUSTERS OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH HOU/SGR AND CXO HAVE
DISSIPATED. STILL HAVE STORMS GOING UP IN THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS
(GPS IPWV 2.15-2.45") THOUGH MAINLY EAST OF GLS AND THIS IS ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE SW DRIFTING MCV ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE OF GLS
BAY NEAR SMITH POINT. EXPECT THAT SHRA WILL CONTINUE EAST OF GLS
AND COULD EVEN COME CLOSER IN A FEW HOURS. HAVE ADDED VCSH TO GLS
THROUGH 05Z. OVER THE HOUSTON TERMINALS EXPECT CU AND AC TO
DISSIPATE LEAVING MAINLY A HIGH CLOUD DECK. LATE TONIGHT POTENTIAL
FOR FOG IS FAIRLY HIGH GIVEN THE RAINFALL/CALM WINDS/T-TD SPREADS
NOW OF 4-6 DEGREES. HIT THE 10-12Z TIMEFRAME THE HARDEST BUT WILL
BE CLOSELY MONITORING OBS AS FOG COULD START EARLIER ESPECIALLY AT
THE USUAL MORE RURAL TERMINALS. AS FOR DAYTIME TOMORROW THE
AIRMASS IS SUPPOSED TO BE `DRIER` BUT THAT COULD JUST MEAN THAT
DAYTIME HEATING WITH HIGHER CONVECTIVE TEMPS OF 90-92 MAY BE
NEEDED TO DRIVE STORMS. FOR NOW HAVE JUST ADDED CB/VCTS TO PACKAGE
FOR 21Z AND LATER AT MOST SITES.
45

More like typical summer thunderstorms, strong, but isolated.

[Mr. T]

I love me some #31 discussions. Just keep him on AFD duties. It is appreciated when more than three sentences are written...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
344 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

.DISCUSSION...
ALTHOUGH NOT AS MUCH AREAL COVERAGE TODAY AS IN DASY PAST...A
REMINDER THAT BRIEF BREAKS IN THIS WET PATTERN WILL BE JUST THAT...
BRIEF. REGION LIES UNDERNEATH A FLATTENED SOUTHERN PLAINS RIDGE...
OR WEAKER HEIGHT FIELD...AND THIS SYNOPTIC SET-UP IS FORECAST BY THE
FULL ENSEMBLE TO REMAIN THE SAME THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THERE
IS SOME MINOR VARIANCE ON WHETHER THE SE U.S.-CENTERED 5H RIDGE
WILL ENVELOPE MORE OF EASTERN TEXAS OR JUST HANG BACK...BUT IT IS
TRIVIAL AT THIS STAGE AS TOO MANY OTHER FACTORS SIGNAL A RETURN TO
MORE WET (THAN DRY) SE`ERN TX MID (TO LATE) WEEK WEATHER.

HIGH MOISTURE WILL COME IN SURGES THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT GENERALLY
REMAIN ABOVE 2.0" PWATS WITH PERIODS OF NEAR 2 STD ABOVE NORMAL
(EXCEEDING 2.25"). CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE STILL FORECAST TO REMAIN
RELATIVELY LOW...IN THE MIDDLE 80S...SO EXPECTING MID TO LATE
MORNING CONVECTION EVOLVING FURTHER INLAND AS INTERIOR TEMPS NEAR
88 OR 89 F. ALTHOUGH TODAY`S ACTION APPEARED TO FIRE ON OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES...HAVE PAINTED IN HIGHER OFFSHORE AND COASTAL COUNTIES
(AND THEIR IMMEDIATE INLAND NEIGHBOR) POPS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. AFTER WATCHING HOW ACTIVE THE GULF AND CARIBBEAN HAVE BEEN
TODAY...AND WITH RIDGE HOLDING ITS POSITION...HAVE NO REASON TO GO
ANY LOWER THAN 40-50 POPS AFTER SUNRISE WITHIN THIS TROPICAL AIR
MASS. PROBABILITY IS HIGHEST THAT EARLY MORNING OFFSHORE ACTIVITY
WILL TRANSITION INTO THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH NOON...EVOLVE
FURTHER INLAND DURING THE WARMING HOURS. PRECIP TO WANE AFTER 02 OR
03Z...ONLY TO PICK BACK UP AGAIN OVER THE MARITIME IN THE PRE-DAWN
HOURS. MORE MESOSCALE FACTORS WILL ALSO PLAY A ROLE SUCH AS EARLY
AM SPEED CONVERGENCE AND SEA/BAY BREEZE DEVELOPMENT.

AT LEAST ONE WAVE...MAYBE TWO...WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN GULF
COAST THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. NHC HAS IT SIGHTS ON INCREASING THE
PROBS OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMING FROM A REGION OF DISTURBED
WEATHER OVER HISPANIOLA. MODELS DIVERGE ON WHETHER A CLOSED OFF
LOW WILL MOVE TOWARDS SE FL...OR JUST REMAIN A WAVE AS IT COMES
ACROSS THE GULF FRI-SUN. AS TIMING IS A CRAP SHOT...HAVE KEPT
SLIGHT CHANCE (TO CHANCE) POPS IN THE SUNDAY-MONDAY TIME FRAME TO
ATTEMPT A HAIL MARY AT TRYING TO TIME WHEN WE WOULD FALL ON THE
CONVERGENT SIDE OF EITHER A WESTWARD-MOVING TUTT/INVERT TROF/EASTERLY
WAVE. AGAIN..A QUICK GLANCE AT THE SATELLITE SHOWS QUITE THE
BUBBLY SCENARIO OUT THERE IN THE GULF...SO EXPECT HIGHER POPS AND
SLIGHTLY LOWER MX TEMPS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS THICKER DECK/CONVECTION.
31

[TexasMetBlake]

Getting very noisy here near The Woodlands. Sky is black!

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
319 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

TXZ226-227-236-237-212115-
BRAZORIA-FORT BEND-MATAGORDA-WHARTON-
319 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF WHARTON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE...BOLING...HUNGERFORD...WHARTON AND KENDLETON.

[ticka1]

Doesn't look like we are going to get all that rain folks were predicting....98L - has gone ashore in Mexico - too far away from us to affect our weather.

TS Bonnie is trending towards LA - so that leaves us on the dry side of the storm.

What are our rain chances for the weekend? I am seeing variations from different sites.

[srainhoutx]

HGX:

CLIMATE...
JULY HAS BEEN VERY WET FOR HOUSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THROUGH
YESTERDAY (THE 22ND)...HOU`S JULY RAINFALL TOTAL HAS REACHED 12.17 INCHES
WHICH RANKS AS THE 4TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. ANOTHER 0.79 INCHES BEFORE
THE MONTH COMES TO AN END WILL TIE JULY 2010 FOR THE SECOND WETTEST
JULY ON RECORD. ONLY 1979 HAD MORE RAIN IN JULY...17.26 INCHES (REMEMBER
CLAUDETTE?). FOR IAH...THE MONTHLY TOTAL TO DATE IS 12.08 INCHES WHICH
RANKS AS THE 4TH WETTEST JULY ON RECORD. IAH NEEDS ANOTHER 2.72 INCHES
OF RAIN TO TIE FOR THE WETTEST JULY ON RECORD...EQUALLING THE 1900 TOTAL
OF 14.80 INCHES. 42

[biggerbyte]

Hi, Ticka

That ULL has dried us out in much the same that a tropical storm or hurricane going ashore east of us would. The airflow is dry. This dry spot was expected. As Bonnie's leftovers, and the ULL is no longer east of the Houston area, moisture content will once again increase. There is even a threat of heavy rain. Sometimes with these little systems like Bonnie, they can cause more problems, post landfall, than pre. We will see about that. At any rate, we have the ULL to contend with. It looks to be wet week, at least for the first half.


Just to remind everyone. It is that ULL that helped keep Bonnie to our east. If that had not been a factor, stubborn one could have had free will to grow as she headed west. Thank God we get these big surprises sometimes. I've never seen such a huge ULL.

[srainhoutx]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
329 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW SHRA HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
THIS AFTN. GPSMET DATA SHOWS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE HAS ALREADY BEGUN
TO MOISTEN UP ACROSS SE TX THIS AFTN WITH PWS UP TO 1.7 INCHES
OVER THE CENTRAL ZONES AND 2 INCHES JUST OFF THE COAST. THE TUTT
LOW NEAR THE UPPER TX COAST IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND AND DRIFT
SLOWLY WEST THROUGH THE STATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS THE LOW
MOVES WEST OF THE AREA...EASTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP FROM THE
SURFACE THROUGH THE MID LEVELS ALLOWING DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE
TO GET DRAWN UP NORTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA. SUNDAY WILL BE THE
TRANSITIONAL DAY AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA BUT
STRONG HEATING STILL OCCURS. PWS OF 2+ INCHES WILL SPREAD ACROSS
ALL OF SE TX BY SUNDAY AFTN. GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW K-INDICES
AROUND 40 WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPS AROUND 90 DEGREES. EXPECT
SCATTERED TSRA TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTN AND WILL MAINTAIN 30-40
POPS. GIVEN THE STRONG HEATING THE SOUNDINGS SHOW A PRONOUNCED
INVERTED-V SIGNATURE SUNDAY AFTN INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A
DOWNBURST THREAT WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. WILL MENTION THIS
POSSIBILITY IN THE UPDATED HWO.

A CONVECTIVELY-ACTIVE PATTERN IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT SLOWLY WEST ACROSS THE STATE
AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE PERSISTS OVER THE AREA. PWS WILL REMAIN
1.9-2.3 INCHES. GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW UNCAPPED ATMOSPHERE WITH
CONVECTIVE TEMPS ONLY IN THE MID 80S EACH DAY. A FEW WEAK UPPER
DISTURBANCES COULD PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST AROUND THE
PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES.
THESE FEATURES COULD ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY ON
WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP HIGH CHANCE POPS (50 PCT) GOING EACH DAY.
ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE BECOMES MORE SATURATED THIS PERIOD. THREAT FOR
DOWNBURSTS WILL LESSEN BUT POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE IN PLACE EACH DAY. HAVE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE FOR MAX TEMPS THIS
PERIOD. HIGHS COULD STAY IN THE 80S IF CLOUDS/RAIN ARE EXTENSIVE
ENOUGH. WHATEVER RAIN THAT FALLS THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL ADD TO OUR
ALREADY TOP 5 WETTEST JULY.

THE STRONG UPPER HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL RETROGRADE
WESTWARD AND BECOME CENTERED OVER TEXAS LATE THIS WEEK. ONCE THAT
HAPPENS...RAIN CHANCES WILL GO DOWN AS SUBSIDENCE INCREASES AND
TEMPERATURES WILL GO UP. WILL TREND POPS DOWN TO JUST 20 PCT BY
FRIDAY. TEMPS WILL CREEP UPWARD...LIKELY REACHING THE UPPER 90S OR
POSSIBLY EVEN 100 IN SOME AREAS BY NEXT WEEKEND. NOT AT ALL
UNUSUAL FOR THE END OF JULY.

35

[Paul]

In a nut shell, as soon as that ULL moves more to the west and we get in its easterly flow...we get rain....

[wxdata]

WUUS54 KHGX 242204
SVRHGX
TXC157-481-242245-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0052.100724T2204Z-100724T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
504 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIRST
COLONY...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO ROSENBERG...RICHMOND...PLEAK AND NEEDVILLE.

[wxdata]

WUUS54 KHGX 242153
SVRHGX
TXC015-157-201-473-242245-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0051.100724T2153Z-100724T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
453 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN AUSTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MISSION BEND...AND MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT
LIMITED TO KATY AND BROOKSHIRE.

[wxdata]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
515 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

TXC015-157-201-473-242245-
/O.CON.KHGX.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-100724T2245Z/
WALLER TX-HARRIS TX-AUSTIN TX-FORT BEND TX-
515 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR FORT BEND...AUSTIN...HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KATY...AND MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE
NOT LIMITED TO WADSWORTH...ADDICKS...PATTISON...MISSION BEND...
FULSHEAR AND BROOKSHIRE

[wxdata]

From HGX NWS

62 DBZ to 34000 feet on storm near Katy. well over 80 digital vil. Vis satellite has great shot of overshooting top. Transtar has some good pics of storm as well.

[wxdata]

Pic from Transtar