April 2015: Pleasant Weather To End April

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:43 pm

Reports of two houses struck by lightning causing house fires in W Houston.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:45 pm

1.08 inches of rainfall reported in 15 minutes...Brays Bayou @ Stella Link.

Another report of 3.00 inch rainfall S Gessner and Belfort.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:47 pm

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
737 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MISSION
BEND TO BONNEY TO NEAR BRAZORIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...LEAGUE CITY...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...
GALVESTON ISLAND WEST END...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE...
DEER PARK...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN...ANGLETON...DICKINSON...
STAFFORD...SOUTH HOUSTON...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...LA
MARQUE AND SANTA FE.

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.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:50 pm

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
737 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
EASTERN MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MISSION
BEND TO BONNEY TO NEAR BRAZORIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...LEAGUE CITY...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...
GALVESTON ISLAND WEST END...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE...
DEER PARK...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN...ANGLETON...DICKINSON...
STAFFORD...SOUTH HOUSTON...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...LA
MARQUE AND SANTA FE.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:54 pm

Flood Warning coming for Southern Harris and Brazoria Counties. 70 MPH winds reported at Hobby.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:54 pm

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
753 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

BRAZORIA TX-HARRIS TX-GALVESTON TX-FORT BEND TX-MATAGORDA TX-
753 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR BRAZORIA...SOUTHERN HARRIS...GALVESTON...EASTERN FORT BEND AND
EASTERN MATAGORDA COUNTIES...

AT 752 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FOUR
CORNERS TO NEAR LIVERPOOL TO NEAR FREEPORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PASADENA...PEARLAND...LEAGUE CITY...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...
GALVESTON ISLAND WEST END...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE...
DEER PARK...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN...ANGLETON...DICKINSON...STAFFORD...
SOUTH HOUSTON...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...LA MARQUE AND
SANTA FE.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:55 pm

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
755 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
WESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. HOUR RAIN RATES ARE IN EXCESS OF
2 INCHES AN HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:57 pm

Multiple reports of quarter size hail in Angleton.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:59 pm

Update from Jeff:

Intense bow echo with strong bookend vortex on northern end of bow over southern Fort Bend County.

ore of wind damage will spread ESE along apex of bow across southern Ft Bend into Brazoria County.

Law enforcement reported a brief tornado 10 miles W of Bay City and weak spin ups along the leading edge of the bow is possible.

Winds to 70mph along this bow echo is likely.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:00 pm

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
800 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 758 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAN DIEGO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALICE...SAN DIEGO...TECALOTE...ALFRED AND LAKE ALICE.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:01 pm

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
756 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF REFUGIO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REFUGIO AND QUINTANA.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:04 pm

Dangerous bow echo approaching Galveston Bay in SE Texas. Take cover now.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:12 pm

Folks along Keegans Bayou in SW Houston heads up. Fairly rapid rise indicated by HCFCD monitors.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:54 pm

Ok, talk to me guys.... Had a bad lighting storm & downpour here in Alvin, ended about 15 min ago... is the worst over? or can I expect more??? Looking at radar, from my uneducated view.. doesn't look like much more coming...

Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:06 pm

Possibly a couple of more storms for you folks down S overnight kayci. Don't think you'll see another bow echo though. Round # 3,tomorrow afternoon.

Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:16 pm

Thanx Srain... the bow echo was rough... had flashlights and candles ready just in case, but no power outages we're prepared thanx to you. Tomorrow is no sweat, gonna clean the house anyway.... You're awesome! Thanx!

Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:34 pm

The current radar shows the bow echo pushing E across N and E Galveston Bay as well as the nearshore waters. Additional small cells continue to develop to the SW of Houston metro. My brother Buck in Pearland just called to say they have lots of limbs down. Estimating they had 60-70MPH in Pearland. Storm reports from Angleton, Friendswood, and Hobby Airport reported to the SPC storm reports page confirm my estimation.

0050 UNK ANGLETON BRAZORIA TX 2917 9543 CIRCUS TENT COLLAPSE AT THE ANGLETON FAIRGROUNDS ... POLICE ON SCENE. (HGX)

0105 72 IOWA COLONY BRAZORIA TX 2944 9542 REPORT OF ESTIMATED 72 MPH TSTM WINDS 2 MILES SOUTH OF IOWA COLONY. (HGX)

0129 61 HOUSTON HARRIS TX 2977 9539 61 MPH 53 KNOT THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT. (HGX)

0140 60 FRIENDSWOOD GALVESTON TX 2951 9520 ESTIMATED 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST DURING 45-50 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS. (HGX)

Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:59 pm

Any reports of flooding?

Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:29 pm

srainhoutx wrote:Possibly a couple of more storms for you folks down S overnight kayci. Don't think you'll see another bow echo though. Round # 3,tomorrow afternoon.

I see more storms forming in South Texas and Mexico.
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southplains.php

NWS Houston extended Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Watch. I have never seen them do this before. Has it ever happened before?

Paul Robison · Fri Apr 17, 2015 11:27 pm

Ptarmigan wrote:
srainhoutx wrote:Possibly a couple of more storms for you folks down S overnight kayci. Don't think you'll see another bow echo though. Round # 3,tomorrow afternoon.
I see more storms forming in South Texas and Mexico.
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southplains.php

NWS Houston extended Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Watch. I have never seen them do this before. Has it ever happened before?

1. Oh, I'm sure It has Ptarmigan

2. Will the damage be even worse Saturday?

3. Is it my imagination, or is the number of people losing power in the Houston area increasing, rather than going down? If so, why? (I'm on Centerpoint Outage Tracker now). Is the whole city going to be blacked out by Saturday morning?

April 2015: Pleasant Weather To End April

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