Severe Weather...

[longtalltexan79]

Anyone else here in SE Texas getting any of this nasty weather yet? It's pouring down here, some thunder, but man I looked at the radar and what is headed our way to the west looks very nasty with a capital N! Keep safe everyone!

[ticka1]

YEs Lynndy I am watching it very close. Was going to go chasing - but I think its turned a little too severe for me to be chasing alone. So I'm just gonna watch this time.

Went outside and took some pictures to the East - the rain, thunder and lightning haven't made it here in Mont Belveiu yet - but its coming.

Keep us updated on things down in your area Lynndy!

Patricia

[ticka1]

Lynndy - you are going to hammered again. My GRLevel3 radar shows the storms going back towards Corpus!!

[longtalltexan79]

It's getting VERY dark here...and the thunder is getting louder...from the looks of the radar it is right on the Wharton/Matagorda county line, moving this way....will take pictures when it starts to blow through...I'm hoping the lights don't go out cause I've got a big dinner to cook...and please, please let there be no tornadoes....

[BaytownWeatherWatcher]

We've had a lot of wind and rain on the north side of Baytown, and the latest weather update from channel 2 news says more is headed this way.

[ticka1]

Just a FYI to everyone - I heard on the KHOU site that the NWS radar was knocked out and is out of service. Go to the Lake Charles LA NWS radar and you will have to zoom in on this area.

I hope they get it fixed. Looks like more is coming in from the West Central Texas area - time will tell. Will it be a LONG night for us here.

Worst seems to have moved through Mont Belvieu/Baytwon area - finally some rain to break this drought. Hopefully it will help my garden out and make it start growing again.

[Coriolis]

Ticka -

Glad the rain was not so hard that it didn't crush your garden!!

Jim

[longtalltexan79]

Well that was an interesting evening last night....storm totally knocked out my internet all night, frustrated me to no end, and put me in a panic cause I have an online exam today, lol, but thankfully it's come back on...

Wild ride for all of us yesterday evening...I went out and sat on the pourch before it blew threw, saw some very interesting cloud formations...

One of the more surreal parts was when I was standing out there, it got still, very quiet, and off in the distance I could hear this low hum, and I thought it was raining coming, but instead it was wind, very strong wind...blew branches off the trees and I could hear stuff falling off in the distance...the intensity of the winds in those storms always surprises me...

Poured down for about an hour...very vivid lightning....never lost power though, just had some flickers...but we needed the rain, and we got it, lol

I took some pictures of the storms as they were coming in so I'll attach them to this message....

[sparky]

wow longtalltexan those are some awesome pictures. i bet you did have a wild ride from that storm. glad you got your internet back been there it is such a pain.

[jeffl]

Damaging bow echo and associated wake/meso low produced widespread
wind damage across SE TX Sunday afternoon and evening. Striaght line
winds of 70mph were common across most of Fort Bend, S Harris,
Brazoria, and Galveston counties. Apex of the bow moved from near
Wallis in S Austin CO. to Pearland and then toward Texas City.
Wake/meso low was clearly noted at 700pm with pressure differences
from 30.02in at Port Arthur to 29.76in at NWS in League City. Strong
ENE winds of 35-45mph developed over the area within this gradient
after the passage of the MCS and bow echo.

For those that were wanting rain, BUSH IAH recorded 2.34 inches
breaking a daily rainfall record of 1.73 in. This rainfall is also
double the entire month of April's rainfall and is the single greatest
amount of rainfall at IAH since Nov 22nd 2004.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
804 PM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0555 PM TSTM WND DMG PEARLAND 29.56N 95.28W
05/08/2005 BRAZORIA TX NWS EMPLOYEE

TSTM WIND BLEW FENCE DOWN.

0555 PM TSTM WND DMG ROSHARON 29.35N 95.46W
05/08/2005 BRAZORIA TX EMERGENCY MNGR

TREES DOWN. ROOFS BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOMES. ALSO REPORTED
IN DANBURY AND LIVERPOOL.

0555 PM HAIL TEXAS CITY 29.41N 94.96W
05/08/2005 1.75 INCH GALVESTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

0600 PM TSTM WND DMG TEXAS CITY 29.41N 94.96W
05/08/2005 GALVESTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

TREES DOWN.

0512 PM TSTM WND DMG MISSION BEND 29.69N 95.66W
05/08/2005 FORT BEND TX AMATEUR RADIO

UTILITY POLE BLOWN DOWN.

0515 PM HAIL MISSION BEND 29.69N 95.66W
05/08/2005 0.75 INCH FORT BEND TX AIRPLANE PILOT

0443 PM TSTM WND DMG PECAN GROVE 29.63N 95.73W
05/08/2005 FORT BEND TX AMATEUR RADIO

TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0522 PM TSTM WND DMG NEEDVILLE 29.40N 95.84W
05/08/2005 FORT BEND TX AMATEUR RADIO

POWER POLE SNAPPED.

0606 PM TSTM WND DMG HOUSTON 29.77N 95.39W
05/08/2005 HARRIS TX AMATEUR RADIO

TREE DOWN ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD AT I-610 AND HOLLY.

0621 PM HAIL CRYSTAL BEACH 29.46N 94.64W
05/08/2005 0.75 INCH GALVESTON TX COUNTY OFFICIAL

0629 PM HAIL HITCHCOCK 29.32N 95.02W
05/08/2005 0.88 INCH GALVESTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

0635 PM TORNADO SANTA FE 29.38N 95.10W
05/08/2005 GALVESTON TX COUNTY OFFICIAL

POSSIBLE TORNADO AT AVE J AND 31ST STREET.

0638 PM TSTM WND DMG ALVIN 29.43N 95.25W
05/08/2005 BRAZORIA TX AMATEUR RADIO

METAL SHED AND BILLBOARD BLOWN DOWN.

0647 PM TSTM WND DMG DANBURY 29.23N 95.35W
05/08/2005 BRAZORIA TX AIRPLANE PILOT

SHEDS DAMAGED.

0654 PM TSTM WND DMG TEXAS CITY 29.41N 94.96W
05/08/2005 GALVESTON TX AMATEUR RADIO

NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TRAILER BLOWN OVER.

0257 PM HAIL KATY 29.80N 95.82W
05/08/2005 0.75 INCH HARRIS TX AMATEUR RADIO

0300 PM HAIL ADDICKS 29.78N 95.64W
05/08/2005 0.75 INCH HARRIS TX AMATEUR RADIO

REPORTED AT ADDICKS-SATSUMA/WEST LITTLE YORK. ALSO
REPORTED AT BEAR CREEK.

0510 PM TSTM WND GST 2 N MISSION BEND 29.72N 95.66W
05/08/2005 60 MPH HARRIS TX PUBLIC

LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN.

0522 PM TSTM WND DMG DAMON 29.29N 95.73W
05/08/2005 BRAZORIA TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0625 PM TSTM WND GST DICKINSON 29.45N 95.07W
05/08/2005 60 MPH GALVESTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT

DICKINSON PD REPORTED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH.




Other Reports:

Galveston Pleasure Pier: 66mph wind gust.

183,000 residents without power. Still 27,000 without power this
morning.

Lightening strikes:

1 person injured from lightening in Richmond in Fort Bend Co.

Lightening struck near HGX radar disabling the system.

1 strike to an aprtament complex in SW Houston. 24 units destroyed by
the resulting fire.

Flood:

Flash flood, mudslide at I-10 and 610 W Loop. W bound and HOV lanes
closed due to high water.

Water 2-3 feet deep in the streets around Rive Unversity.

Water within 1 foot of entering homes in the Tanglewood subdivision.

15 minute rainfall rate of 1.77 inches at Spring Branch and Bingle. 30
minute rainfall rate of 2.30 inches. 1-hour rate of 4.65 inches.