Rain!

[kentauros]

For East and Northeast Texas, anyway, and in the form of severe thunderstorms:


Severe Thunderstorm Warning

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
336 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011

TXC073-347-365-401-419-423-499-242100-
/O.CON.KSHV.SV.W.0370.000000T0000Z-110824T2100Z/
NACOGDOCHES TX-PANOLA TX-RUSK TX-SHELBY TX-SMITH TX-WOOD TX-
CHEROKEE TX-
336 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR CHEROKEE...WOOD...SMITH...SHELBY...RUSK...PANOLA AND NACOGDOCHES
COUNTIES...

AT 332 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TYLER TO NEW
SUMMERFIELD TO APPLEBY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TYLER TO 9 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTH
OF NACOGDOCHES...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
REKLAW...SACUL...PONTA...BULLARD...NOONDAY...LOONEYVILLE...MOUNT
SELMAN...GALLATIN...LILBERT...TEASELVILLE...DOUGLASS...RUSK...
REESE...CUNEY...LINWOOD AND MAYDELLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
EAST TEXAS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

[hobbit709]

1. Meanwhile back in Austin, it's day 70 of 100+ temps

A new record

[kentauros]

2. I saw that in the Statesman this morning.

Plus the fact that your "record" is likely to extend so far that I doubt there'd ever be a chance of it being broken again.

[sonias]

3. Rain anywhere in Texas is good

We're a tinder box fixing to go up in flames.

Rain, rain come again.

[kentauros]

6. Texas DUer, Manifestor_of_Light should be getting a nice storm

right about now. If you use Weather Underground, go to their "Wunder Map" and animate the radar (it's like a combination of Google Maps and NWS radar.) We should get some of it, too, even though the forecast is "stuck" on 20% chance right now...

[Melissa G]

4. Lucky East Texas!

I'm even rooting for hurricanes to hit at Corpus' cuz that is about the only way we are gonna see rain in crunchy Austin. :cry:

[kentauros]

5. I think the best place for a hurricane to hit would be south of Corpus,

like around S.Padre. Then the storm would be able to loop up through the central part of the state, dumping its load on you ;)

[Melissa G]

9. Not my experience

If it hits South Padre, rain might make it to SA, like the last tropical storm that never made it to Austin.

Houston same story- Rain to about Brenham.

Corpus for some reason seems to have a relatively clearer shot to here just rolling up the coastal plains. I-35 is a geographic weather barrier.:shrug: Tornadoes run down it. Need some rain from somewhere. Damn high pressure dome!:grr: Too blasted hot! Making me grouchy!

[kentauros]

11. I think you're right about I-35!

I'm looking at regional radar for the Gulf Coast and Central and the western side of the system is hugging I-35 and going no further. I've never seen that happen before! :o

[Melissa G]

12. not coincidentally, I-35 is the dividing line between the coastal plains and the hill country

Easier to put a highway on flat land than hills!;)

[maddezmom]

7. It's making a lot of noise but so far no rain

And we all need it desperately. :( My dog was barking her head off at all the pine cones falling from the trees because of the wind. I'm ready for it tho and have to admit I'm glad it didn't come 2 days earlier as I've been in the middle of moving all my stuff back from the UK.

[maddezmom]

8. Nix that, it's falling now

:)

[kentauros]

10. Where are you at?

I'm looking at the radar and it looks like Katy is getting all of the stormy stuff. Light rain for the rest of town here.

The western-most edge seemed to make it to Austin and S.A.
Anyone detect any rain there yet?

[Melissa G]

15. I don't think that light green stuff on radar has been actual rain

in Austin any time I have seen it this summer. I think it has to get to yellow to be rain.:shrug:

[kentauros]

16. It could just be heavy humidity.

But I think I've associated it before with a really light rain, even lighter than a sprinkle. There was some yellow radar color for us, but not much. I think it's all shifted to the west now...

[maddezmom]

20. The Woodlands

rained a better part of the evening and then again early this am.....but it's all Sun now. Forcasting scattered showers again today. :hi:

[kentauros]

21. I think we're all going to get scattered showers in this area today :)

There's more building to the east of us, big storms over the bay right now. Clear Lake area is getting that according to the radar. All of that appears to be part of a larger storm that started off the coast. I can't tell if it's moving or just sitting there "spawning". Either way, it's having a nice effect on us. Almost 10am and it's only 83F out there :D

[onestepforward]

13. Lots of wind here

then just a light sprinkle. Darn! Happy that other Texans are getting rain.

[kentauros]

14. Yeah, just a "wetting" here, too.

Enough to whet our appetite for more ;)

I'll look at the satellite images and such tomorrow, when I'm rested :)

[onestepforward]

17. My appetite was wet for this one...

It mostly passed over us but left a few drops on the lens. Ah, the breeze was so cool. I'd forgotten what that felt like. :D

[kentauros]

18. I actually had to drive to work in the rain today!

:D

And learned that Houston drivers are still just as dumb as ever when it's wet out...

[justabob]

19. woohoo!!!!

Five minutes of glorious rain!!

Do it again! Do it again! I still hear the thunder, c'mon, just a little longer! :)

[kentauros]

22. You probably should have gone out and danced in it,

because I think that's all you're going to get for the day. I hope you do get more, though. There's a low in the panhandle, so maybe this high-pressure "dome" is weakening :D

[justabob]

23. yeah, the sun was shining around the edges while it was raining

but I am very grateful for the five minute downpour we got. The street and sidewalk are already dry like it never happened.