September: Weekend Rain Chances. 1-2 Inches Possible C/N TX

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Ed Mahmoud wrote:Any forestry people? If we're on the dry, windy side of a TS Lee type Louisiana storm, will sparking power lines burn half of Texas East of I-35?

How primed are the trees for more fires this Autumn?


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Thunderstorms off the coast of Alabama. If it persists for days, it bears watching.
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The early season forecast of a busy tropical season gave some hope to end the drought. The lack of rain in the forecast, and the blistering heat are not boding well for central Texas. It's a near certainty now that this drought continues until later winter, if not longer. Lake levels are approaching record lows. :(
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That basically sounds like what EWX said in their mid-morning AFD update. Radar shows activity 70 miles and more to our (Austin) northwest and moving southwest. Sadly. Hopeful those scattered showers develop.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
TXC039-201-022230-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0129.130902T2202Z-130902T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
502 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREATER HOBBY AREA...AND
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN PASADENA...NORTHERN PEARLAND...NORTHERN MISSOURI CITY...
SOUTH HOUSTON...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...MIDTOWN
HOUSTON...FOURTH WARD...DOWNTOWN HOUSTON...GREATER THIRD WARD...
GREATER EASTWOOD...GREENWAY / UPPER KIRBY AREA...SECOND WARD...
NEARTOWN / MONTROSE...UNIVERSITY PLACE...MACGREGOR...NEAR NORTHSIDE
HOUSTON...ASTRODOME AREA...GREATER HOBBY AREA AND EASTERN GREATER
HEIGHTS.

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.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
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Good little shower in the 77089.
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LOL RIP!

Just here to spread the good news :)
A little late to post the special WX statement.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
533 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013

TXZ213-227-022315-
FORT BEND-HARRIS-
533 PM CDT MON SEP 2 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FORT BEND
AND SOUTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER BRAESWOOD...OR OVER BELLAIRE...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN MISSOURI CITY...STAFFORD...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE...KATY...AND JERSEY VILLAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN LEAGUE CITY.
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Got thunder/wind and wonderful cloud cover as I finished mowing the yard. Would have preferred rain but at this point I am wondering if my neighborhood has a dome over it
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Sweet little rain just in time to put the kibosh on the last day of BBQ for summer - figures huh?

Hopefully, this week will bring us some more!
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I never got any rain today, but I was able to see the clouds, they were beautiful!!!!


Maybe we will get lucky and the wave that is currently in the Yucatan can bring us some relief somehow, no name of course, but just some beneficial rain to those of us in Texas who need it....that would be wonderful!
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