January: Increasing Clouds/Rain & Warmer To End Month

[Andrew]

Current:

[srainhoutx]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
920 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

TXZ210>212-226-227-235-091545-
AUSTIN-COLORADO-FORT BEND-JACKSON-WALLER-WHARTON-
920 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 916 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
EAGLE LAKE TO 5 MILES NORTH OF EL CAMPO TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EL
CAMPO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NADA...LOUISE...
HUNGERFORD...GARWOOD...EGYPT...WHARTON...SEALY...SAN FELIPE...
PATTISON...ORCHARD...KENDLETON...EL CAMPO...EAGLE LAKE AND BEASLEY.

[srainhoutx]

Dime size hail and damaging winds reported near 99 and Bellaire

[Rip76]

5.6 inches of rain here in Montgomery County... more coming down.

Wow.... Since last night?
Or just from this today.

[Katdaddy]

Vivid sheet lightening in downtown and the skies are getting darker.

[srainhoutx]

HGX considering Flash Flood Adivory. Jeff reports 1.36 inches in 10 minutes for an 8+ per hour rainfall rate for Mason Creek

[spadilly]

i always wondered what it was like under a supercell. guess i can cross this off my bucket list.

blinding rain, strobelike lightning.

gotta go. wind picking up.

[srainhoutx]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
928 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

TXC157-201-091730-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0001.120109T1528Z-120109T1730Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FORT BEND TX-HARRIS TX-
928 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 927 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING 8 MILES EAST OF BUSH-INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT.

RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE STREET FLOODING
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS
ON SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND BAYOUS. ADDITIONALLY...PONDING OF
WATER WILL OCCUR ON HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

[tireman4]

Raining, dark and thunder in the Gulfgate area.

[MontgomeryCoWx]

5.6 inches of rain here in Montgomery County... more coming down.

Wow.... Since last night?
Or just from this today.

Since last night.

[srainhoutx]

New Meso Discussion being prepared by SPC. Out shortly

[srainhoutx]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0010
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0933 AM CST MON JAN 09 2012

AREAS AFFECTED...SE TX...SW LA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 091533Z - 091730Z

AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SE TX AND SW LA LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT COULD BE MARGINAL...WW
ISSUANCE CAN NOT BE RULED OUT LATE THIS MORNING.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF
HOUSTON TX NEWD TO NEAR ALEXANDRIA LA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD LATE
THIS MORNING INTO A MOIST AIRMASS WHERE SFC DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE MID
TO UPPER 60S F. THE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A STRONGLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. THE LATEST
WSR-88 VWPS FROM SE TX AND SW LA SHOW STRONG DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN
THE BOUNDARY LAYER RESULTING IN STORM RELATIVELY HELICITIES OF 300
TO 400 M2/S2. THIS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR STORM ROTATION AND A COUPLE
TORNADOES MAY OCCUR ESPECIALLY IN A CORRIDOR FROM HOUSTON TX ENEWD
TO LAKE CHARLES LA WHERE THE COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY AND
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR APPEAR MOST FAVORABLE. MESOANALYSIS ALSO SHOWS STEEP
MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 7.0 TO 7.5 C/KM SUGGESTING AN ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE MORE INTENSE CELLS EMBEDDED IN THE
LINE. WIND DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITH BOWING
LINE-SEGMENTS.

..BROYLES.. 01/09/2012


ATTN...WFO...LCH...SHV...HGX...

[srainhoutx]

Jeff reports pea size hail @ Transtar

[randybpt]

Nothing Zilch nada zero. In Beaumont looks like everything is staying north of IH10

[srainhoutx]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
935 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

TXC291-339-373-407-091730-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0002.120109T1535Z-120109T1730Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LIBERTY TX-MONTGOMERY TX-POLK TX-SAN JACINTO TX-
935 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHERN SAN JACINTO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 933 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING FROM CONROE AND PORTER NORTHEAST TO EAST
OF LIVINGSTON.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE AREA
CAUSING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT HAS
ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA.

[wxman57]

Nothing Zilch nada zero. In Beaumont looks like everything is staying north of IH10

Wait your turn - late this afternoon & this evening in BPT.

[srainhoutx]

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
940 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

TXC039-157-321-481-091745-
/O.NEW.KHGX.FA.Y.0003.120109T1540Z-120109T1745Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FORT BEND TX-WHARTON TX-BRAZORIA TX-MATAGORDA TX-
940 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHERN MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EASTERN WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 939 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST
OF EAST BERNARD TO PIERCE TO DANEVANG.

STREET FLOODING LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS.

[tireman4]

Very very dark in Gulfgate area. Mercury vapor lights are on and have been on for the morning.

[Katdaddy]

Blasting white-out in downtown! Cant see anything.

[srainhoutx]

Tornado Warning allowed to expire