I think I'm gonna float away...

[JQ Public]

Rained here today too...poured for a second...must have been a small shower.

[southerngale]

I just dumped another inch from my rain gauge. If we hadn't got that break overnight after several hours of training, it'd be much worse. That brings my total to 7.65 inches since late yesterday afternoon. :o

We had some rain yesterday afternoon, but it was really light until last night. It got harder and by late last night, we were having rain rates varying around 2 inches per hour, sometimes less and sometimes higher.

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0109
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0130 PM CST FRI FEB 21 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...SE TX...WRN LA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 11...

VALID 211930Z - 212130Z

ONSET OF NEW INTENSE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AROUND THE HOUSTON AREA
HAS CORRESPONDED WITH RAPID PRESSURE FALLS ALONG AN AXIS WEST
NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON INTO AREAS JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF LUFKIN.
LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURE AT 19Z WAS DOWN TO 997/998 MB JUST TO THE
NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST
NORTHEASTWARD WITH APPROACH OF 70 TO 90 KT MID-LEVEL JET THIS
AFTERNOON.

18Z RAOB FROM LAKE CHARLES INDICATED SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER
POTENTIALLY INSTABILITY THAN SUGGESTED BY MODELS WITH 100 MB MEAN
MIXED LAYER CAPE IN EXCESS OF 2000 J/KG. AS LOW-LEVEL FLOW
CONTINUES TO RESPOND TO DEEPENING SURFACE LOW...AND MID-LEVEL
FLOW STRENGTHENS AS SOUTHWESTERLY MID-LEVEL JET NOSES INTO THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL CONTINUE TO
BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. MOST
INTENSE ACTIVITY DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS WILL BECOME FOCUSED
NORTHEAST OF HOUSTON... SOUTHEAST OF LUFKIN...WHERE BOUNDARY
LAYER WITH DEW POINTS APPROACHING 70F MAY SUPPORT AN ISOLATED
STRONG TORNADO.

[southerngale]

Thanks for the storm totals Rob...I'm glad I keep my own too and can compare.

I am in the red nnw of the + sign for Beaumont...near the border, where it curves up a little. You follow me? :?

[Amanzi]

Yippers Southern and Ticka, that radar image looks like a light parade! Take care you two and keep us posted. Hope you dont loose power, I hope you dont have to drive anywhere in that!

[breeze]

Southerngale, I've got my paddles handy! It's stopped raining here,
for a moment, but, we are yet to be "blessed" with the weather
that you are sending our way! LoL, poor Josh is begging for
everyone to do a raindance for Orange County, CA - if we
could just figure out how to send some of this stuff back
to him!

Stay safe!

[southerngale]

lol breeze....poor Josh! :?

They just extended our flood watch until 4am Saturday. Still a flood warning for Pine Island Bayou though.

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

Looks like the last bit of energy is moving out of Houston...areas north and west of Beaumont...watch out for these remaining cells!

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

Heavy rains departing...lets hope this is all the falls for the rest of the weekend.

[chadtm80]

Been raining here about an hour Rob.. just let up bet look at the radar http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... kmlb.shtml got another good lil storm heading my way. will be here shortly

[wrkh99]

3 inches here and I want more.

[Rob-TheStormChaser]

lol...and I just saw the older loops from your area as well Chad...pretty good gullywashers too.

[StormCrazyIowan]

I have nothing. I think I should go do a rain dance, or even a snow dance! Fog isn't good enough for me!