July: Hot & Humid To End The Month

[djjordan]

As of right now, it would appear that east tx, sw Louisiana would look like the best bet for flooding rains this morning. Need to watch for backbuilding.

[Rip76]

I think the back building has started

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes

[ticka1]

Rain, thunder and lightning here at the house this morning. Power is blinking too.

Yard flooded with just this heavy rainfall in 10 mins.

Will we see much more rain today? How is the weekend forecast looking? Should I plan on more rain?

[David Paul]

Storms moving into southwest Harris co. just put down .75" in 15min at Keegans bayou-Keegan rd. Nice looking outflow boundary moving north across I-10 now could fire more storms on the north side soon. At least these storms are moving.

[Katdaddy]

Full on deluge in progress in downtown Houston. Sheets of torrential rains blasting between the buildings.

[weatherguy425]

Already had one storm this morning. Probably picked up around 1/2 inch. I'm also glad these storms have more motion with them, just hoping an east-west oriented band doesn't set-up.


On a side note. While running an errand I noticed that the San Jacinto River at US59 is WAY out of its banks and will likely keep rising.

[Katdaddy]

.60" in 15 minutes downtown. Torrential sheets of wind blown rain ongoing.

[tireman4]

Agreed Katdaddy. It is just coming down in the Gulfgate area.....

[ticka1]

It is pouring here at the house today! Wind is blowing and rain has not slowed down in the last 20 mins.

Thunder and lightning all aroudn too.

[mckinne63]

Some rain here in Stafford, but it has been fairly light.

[txflagwaver]

225 at East storming like crazy the last 30 minutes or so...power keeps flickering off ..huge downpour...

[weatherguy425]

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
TXC071-201-291-339-473-131945-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FF.W.0046.120713T1643Z-120713T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1143 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 1136 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE I-10
CORRIDOR SHOULD DEVELOP NORTHWARD AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAINFALL
RATES 1.5 TO 2" PER HOUR AND ON TOP OF THE SATURATED GROUND WILL
RUNOFF PRODUCING FLOODING. ROADWAYS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAS REQUESTED THAT PEOPLE
IN THE WARNED AREA STAY INDOORS AND NOT TO ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOUSTON...CHANNELVIEW...CLOVERLEAF...ALDINE...WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE...GALENA PARK...JACINTO CITY...LIBERTY...HIGHLANDS...JERSEY
VILLAGE...TOMBALL...DAYTON...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...BUNKER HILL
VILLAGE...SPRING VALLEY...PINEHURST...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...
BARRETT...HEDWIG VILLAGE...CROSBY...SHELDON...SOUTHSIDE PLACE...
AMES...HILSHIRE VILLAGE AND STAGECOACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

[Katdaddy]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1143 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 1136 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE I-10
CORRIDOR SHOULD DEVELOP NORTHWARD AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF RAINFALL
RATES 1.5 TO 2" PER HOUR AND ON TOP OF THE SATURATED GROUND WILL
RUNOFF PRODUCING FLOODING. ROADWAYS WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAS REQUESTED THAT PEOPLE
IN THE WARNED AREA STAY INDOORS AND NOT TO ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HOUSTON...CHANNELVIEW...CLOVERLEAF...ALDINE...WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE...GALENA PARK...JACINTO CITY...LIBERTY...HIGHLANDS...JERSEY
VILLAGE...TOMBALL...DAYTON...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...BUNKER HILL
VILLAGE...SPRING VALLEY...PINEHURST...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...
BARRETT...HEDWIG VILLAGE...CROSBY...SHELDON...SOUTHSIDE PLACE...
AMES...HILSHIRE VILLAGE AND STAGECOACH.

[jasons2k]

I know it's almost impossible to forecast, but I wonder what will happen over the course of today with the flooded areas in NW Harris & South Montgomery. The band over Harris County is inching north with the outflow, and bands to the north are forming and pushing to the south. I hope it doesn't converge into one big complex over the flooded areas.

Also, looking south from Downtown, I see blue sky. Crazy.

[rnmm]

I know it's almost impossible to forecast, but I wonder what will happen over the course of today with the flooded areas in NW Harris & South Montgomery. The band over Harris County is inching north with the outflow, and bands to the north are forming and pushing to the south. I hope it doesn't converge into one big complex over the flooded areas.

Also, looking south from Downtown, I see blue sky. Crazy.

It hasn't rained here at all today...the skies got a bit dark for awhile and I heard claps of thunder, but never rained...It is cloudy here but I can see the sun....I agree it is crazy!! Weather always has a mind of its own, that's for sure!

[Snowman]

Here on the northwest side any rain that falls causes ponding on road ways. At my house in cypress I have received 9.3 inches of rain since sunday.

[Kludge]

The cells are popping up quickly here up north... they each pulse up and down over the course of a few minutes. Movement is clearly toward the south...so yeah, there could be quite a dumping when they run into that stuff in Harris County.

[weatherguy425]

The convection to our north will be moving into a rain cooled air masses, but for the time being the convection actually appears to be strengthening/organizing.

[HolyMoly]

I know most of you are weather loving people and would love to keep the same pattern going. But seriously, when will it dry out and turn hot again? I am one of those weird people who love sunshine and the ability to do things outdoors. Right now, my business is at a standstill and I know others are in the same boat.

When do the promets think the pattern will shift back to being summer?

[jasons2k]

Not until next week:

From NWS:
MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST REMAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. BOTH THE
ECMWF AND GFS RUNS FROM THIS MORNING BEGIN TO DRIFT THE UPPER
LEVEL WEAKNESS BACK TO THE WEST AND HAVE IT OVERHEAD BY LATE
SATURDAY. STILL THINK THAT SATURDAY WILL BE A RELATIVELY DRIER DAY
FOR MUCH OF THE REGION WITH THE HEAVIEST TOTALS MAINLY ACROSS OUR
EASTERN COUNTIES BUT WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS AREAWIDE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN FOR SUNDAY AS WELL BUT THESE
MAY NEED TO BE RAISED AS THE TROUGH CONTINUES TO TRANSIT THE
REGION.