Flash Flood Watch 6/16/07

[ticka1]

Flood Watch
National Weather Service Houston/galveston Tx
441 Am Cdt Sat Jun 16 2007

...flash Flood Watch In Effect Through This Evening...

The National Weather Service In Houston/galveston Has Issued A

* Flash Flood Watch For A Portion Of Southeast Texas...including
The Following Counties...austin...brazoria...brazos...
Burleson...chambers...colorado...fort Bend...galveston...
Grimes...harris...houston...jackson...liberty...ma dison...
Matagorda...montgomery...polk...san Jacinto...trinity...
Walker...waller...washington And Wharton.

* Through This Evening

* Areas Of Heavy Rainfall Are Expected Today And This Evening As A
Mid/upper Level Area Of Low Pressure Centered Over North Central
Texas Sags Southeast And Provides Abundant Lift To Generate
Thunderstorms Across The Area. A Very Moist And Unstable Airmass
Is In Place And Therefore Hourly Rainfall Rates Of 2 To 3 Inches
Are Likely In Any Strong Thunderstorm Or Cluster Of
Thunderstorms That Develop. Rainfall Amounts Of 1 To 2 Inches
Will Be Common Today...with Isolated Areas Possibly Experiencing
3 To 6 Inches Of Rainfall Through The Evening Hours. It Is
Possible That The Watch Or A Portion Of The Watch Area Will Need
To Be Extended Through Saturday Night Or Into Sunday

[ticka1]

Its been pouring here at the house for over 30 mins. This is the 3rd storm that come through - my yard is now flooded and it keeps thunder and lightning too. I think more storms are building out west - headed this way. Noticed the NWS keeps the rain chances high up until Tuesday.

Anyone else getting storms and rain?

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=weather&id=5097803

[longtalltexan79]

We got the worst storm I've ever been in this morning around 7:30...woke me up from a deep sleep...the lightning and the thunder would come at almost the same time...I've never heard thunder that loud before...scared me to death! One things for sure there are worse thunderstorms up here in Livingston then there is in Bay City...

[Texas SpeedDiva]

It rained on and off most of the day at my place. My yard in flooded. Abby (my lab) refused to come in but requested her flippers and floaties. Finally stopped raining when I was almost downtown and then it started sprinkling as I was walking over to Minute Maid for the Astros game. Clear Creek has been up the past couple of weeks and it was way up again when I drove over on the way home, but it could have been high tide. And it looks like we may be in for more rain tomorrow.

[ticka1]

Hazardous Weather Outlook:



AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING
AS DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND A MID/UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS PROVIDE ABUNDANT LIFT
TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. A VERY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE AND THEREFORE HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OR
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON TODAY...WITH ISOLATED AREAS POSSIBLY
RECEIVING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS



*FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING*