6-19-2006 Un-named system floods Houston with 10.5 inches

[dmcowen674]

Rainfall floods highways in Houston

HOUSTON - Torrential rainfall flooded highways in the Houston area early Monday, forcing schools to close and threatening homes in some low-lying areas.

As much as 10.5 inches of rain was reported by the height of the morning rush hour, said Rusty Cornelius, administrative coordinator for Harris County Emergency Management. Almost 6 inches of rain fell in just 75 minutes near Hobby Airport, the National Weather Service reported.

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I call these Land Hurricanes

It will reach the Gulf and become Tropical.

Land Hurricane

 

[DainBramaged]

I bet George Bush did it.

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I bet George Bush did it.

damn beat me to it.


In any case, I was still able to make it to work downtown today, though many colleagues didn't. I should have stayed in bed.

 

[QED]

I blame global warming....

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: MathMan

I blame global warming....

No such thing

 

[imported_Pablo]

"Tightly would Super Low may make it to gulf to become Tropical named system"

What does that mean, exactly?

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: MathMan

I blame global warming....

No such thing

That's just not true.

I've done tons and tons of research on this. Just about every reputable scientist affirms this is true (except for those pesky few nutjobs who don't).

Even the head of the National Academy of the Sciences concurs with me, and as if that wasn't enough, so does John Travolta. That should be proof enough...

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Pablo
"Tightly would Super Low may make it to gulf to become Tropical named system"

What does that mean, exactly?

Sorry, that wound.

In English - That low is caught between two strong Highs, spinning it down.

If the low makes it over the warm Gulf water it can go to the surface as a tropical low.

MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE CENTRAL US INTO TEXAS

...DISCUSSION...
GULF OF MEXICO...
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE CENTRAL US INTO TEXAS
AND THE NW GULF N OF 22N W OF 93W. A WEAK 1014 MB LOW IS INLAND
OVER E TEXAS NEAR 30N95W GENERATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INLAND
AND WITHIN 90 NM ALONG THE COAST OF W LOUISIANA AND TEXAS FROM
92W-96W. THE DEEP LAYERED TROUGH IN THE W ATLC INCLUDES THE E
GULF E OF 88W. THIS LEAVES THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF UNDER AN
UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TO OVER THE N
CENTRAL GULF STATES. GULF REMAINS QUIET TONIGHT WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE SE GULF S OF 25N E OF 82W
THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.

 

[Viper0329]

Hey look, that's my town they're talking about. It's been raining a good deal today.

In Louisiana, emergency crews evacuated more than 100 patients from Holly Hill Nursing Home, where the water was a foot deep in the halls.

Fire departments from Sulphur and Lake Charles and two ambulance companies were moving patients to another nursing home in Lake Charles, about 15 miles away, officials said.

"There's pretty widespread flooding around the parish. A lot of roads are closed," said Dick Gremillion, the Calcasieu Parish emergency preparedness director.

Police urged residents of Sulphur to stay home unless there was an emergency.

Some houses in the town flooded, but most of the flooding appeared to be caused by wakes produced by passing vehicles, Assistant Police Chief Glenn Berry said.

The Houston Fire Department said it had to rescue at least a dozen motorists from deep water, Cornelius said.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Viper0329
Hey look, that's my town they're talking about. It's been raining a good deal today.

In Louisiana, emergency crews evacuated more than 100 patients from Holly Hill Nursing Home, where the water was a foot deep in the halls.

Fire departments from Sulphur and Lake Charles and two ambulance companies were moving patients to another nursing home in Lake Charles, about 15 miles away, officials said.

"There's pretty widespread flooding around the parish. A lot of roads are closed," said Dick Gremillion, the Calcasieu Parish emergency preparedness director.

Police urged residents of Sulphur to stay home unless there was an emergency.

Some houses in the town flooded, but most of the flooding appeared to be caused by wakes produced by passing vehicles, Assistant Police Chief Glenn Berry said.

The Houston Fire Department said it had to rescue at least a dozen motorists from deep water, Cornelius said.

More coming, this system is essentially spinning in place trapped between two strong Highs.

6-19-2006 More storms expected in flooded Houston

Floodwaters that covered highways and swamped cars across sections of south and east Houston had receded by Monday afternoon, giving rescue teams a respite.

But the storm system that deluged the city with up to 11 inches of rain in some areas appeared likely to return.

The National Weather Service predicted thunderstorms could return to the Houston area and continue until midday Tuesday, dumping as much as another 5-10 inches onto the already water-logged ground.

 

[Insane3D]

We got flooded up here in NH a couple months ago...13-15" of rain over three days in places.

It was caused by...

...wait for it...


...wait for it...




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