APRIL 2019: Warm & Muggy WX to End The Month

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All mainlanes of I-69 Eastex NB at Polk blocked due to issue with down powerlines.

[djmike]

Getting hammered in Beaumont. Strong straight line winds. First line registered 46mph imby. Second line coming shortly behind. That i have a feeling will be a doozy!

[jasons2k]

.94” here as we wind things down. Might hit 1.00” before it stops. Just rain, thunder, heavy rain, and some gusty winds here. The power flickered a couple of times but that was it - nothing major. The lawn will be happy now.

[DoctorMu]

Good afternoon. Is there any evidence of rotation in the approaching storms?

I actually visually observed shear, and bow echo on radar. Not surprised rotation occurred in some of the cells.

[cperk]

Got about .94 inch here in Richmond.

[LightningBolt]

Storm lasted only for a few minutes, but quite intense! Noticeable temp drop.

[djmike]

Second line here in Beaumont. Tree down next door. Wiped out my fence! Right now srill gusting highest winds in s cond line in 42mph. Neighborhood streets are flooded.

[wxman57]

Total of 1.13" in SW Houston (Westbury).

[djmike]

2.06” and counting in Beaumont. Worse seems to be over now. Still moderate rain though. With a tree down and my fence wiped out Im happy for the 2”.

[Belmer]

Left my side of town (Pasadena) around 12:30 to head to work. Was sitting at a red light near the Beltway while my SUV was swaying back and forth because the wind was so strong. Couldn't see a hundred feet in front of me it was raining so hard. Had my phone connected to my car/audio when I was startled from a loud emergency alert about a Tornado warning over my area. Haven't heard of any confirmation of a tornado actually touching down but was a little worrisome nonetheless.

As of 2:28pm about 139,000 people are reporting without power across the Houston area. Hopefully utility workers can get out to those areas and get it restored here soon. As the low moves over our area this evening, it will deepen as it moves east. With it deepening the pressure gradients will tighten and this could provide some fairly gusty winds overnight tonight into mid morning tomorrow. Any difficulty for the utility workers getting power restored here soon could delay them further. NAM 18z was a bit more aggressive with the winds (45+ knots) while the newest 00z run isn't quite as strong. HRRR is suggesting around 30kts.

Beautiful spring week coming up. Besides some wind tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday should be fantastic days with temperatures in the low to mid 80s with drier air filtering in. Humidity will increase by Wednesday ahead of our next storm system that will be here by the weekend.

Big weather story this week is going to be a significant winter storm in the northern Plains with 1-2+ feet of snow possible. Especially up in South Dakota and Minnesota. Euro has around a ~980mb pressure. Yikes!

[DoctorMu]

Looks like most locations across Houston got a half an inch to an inch. The line moved through fast enough that it really limited the flooding threat locally. The bullseye for heavy rain was really centered across the hill country where radar estimates up to 7 inches were reported. It looks like for the rest of the week warm conditions and sunny skies will be the primary theme. Next weekend we could see another chance of rain as a similar looking system rotates through the state.

1.38 in TOTAL IMBY here in College Station for yesterday's rain + the MCV.

[DoctorMu]

Message: NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-TX125CF20CA0EC.SevereThunderstormWarning.125CF20CC5A4TX.SHVSVRSHV.7f8acd0e8cb3d031c49d5aca771d5963 from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent: 15:51 CDT on 04-07-2019
Effective: 15:51 CDT on 04-07-2019
Expires: 16:45 CDT on 04-07-2019
Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Alert:
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northern Sabine Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Smith County in northeastern Texas...
Southern Panola County in northeastern Texas...
Rusk County in northeastern Texas...
Northern Nacogdoches County in eastern Texas...
Shelby County in eastern Texas...
Northeastern Cherokee County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 351 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Trawick to near Zwolle, moving north at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Tyler, Jacksonville, Henderson, Whitehouse, Carthage, Rusk, Center,
Mansfield, Many, Overton, Bullard, Troup, Zwolle, Logansport,
Tenaha, Timpson, New London, Arp, Garrison and Joaquin.
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
Instructions: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Target Area:
Cherokee
Nacogdoches
Panola
Rusk
Shelby
Smith

[Rip76]

Any chance of more pop up storms on the backside of this system, with the sun peaking out?

[Belmer]

Any chance of more pop up storms on the backside of this system, with the sun peaking out?

Possible. Sun has came out for a little while - mainly west of I-45. Think the best chance for additional redevelopment of isolated storms will be west of I-45 and north of I-10 where the sun has been out longer and closer to the core of the low.
Here on the SW side of Harris Co. sky has gotten much darker as stratocumulus clouds have developed. Indicating some isolated showers may begin popping up here soon. Shouldn't be anything severe though.

[Rip76]

10-4

[jasons2k]

Radar is showing showers popping-up to the NW.

[Belmer]

Radar is showing showers popping-up to the NW.

Watching what looks like a boundary over western Harris Co. moving west while the storms popping up to the NW are moving east. Could see a small blow-up of heavy downpours initiate here in the next 30 minutes or so near Katy. Not seeing any lightning with these pop-ups though yet.

[MontgomeryCoWx]

I’ve had moderate to a bit of heavy rain for 15 minutes now. Probably another 15-20 minutes to go.

[Belmer]

The NWS has confirmed that a Tornado did touchdown this afternoon in Pasadena. Rating has been given of an EF0-EF1 as well along with straight line winds in the area.

Looks like KPRC is the first to break with the story -
https://www.click2houston.com/weather/m ... oon-storms

[Katdaddy]

Clearing skies and warm weather today followed by mostly sunny skies Tuesday through Thursday. 1.01” in W League City with winds only gusting 30-40MPH yesterday. Perhaps more action for next weekend.