More bad weather for Texas

[malaise]

Stay safe DUers

[TexasTowelie]

1. I heard that San Marcos had over 7.5 inches today.

Residents near Brushy Creek in Williamson County and Copperas Creek in Bastrop County are being urged to evacuate. A dam failed at Bastrop State Park. All of the lakes on the eastern half of the state are at 100% capacity.

[Texasgal]

2. We are activley flooding right now.

near downtown is underwater!!!

[malaise]

4. Heard that an eighteen year old prom queen was among those

washed away.
Water can be so dangerous

[RobertEarl]

15. We have a saying in TVA land

Water always wins.

[malaise]

18. And that's the truth

One of my sisters was rescued years ago as a wall of water came from nowhere during rain.
A young man in a gas station across the road rescued her - he refused a reward when she and her hubby returned a few days later.

[catrose]

22. It does

So my daddy always said after experiencing typhoons in the Navy.

I think we're okay: got food, water, (at the moment) power, even Internet (again for moment), and emergency kit stuff. House is high. Cars parked aways off. Still, nerve wracking. There's a new pond off to the east, the part of the land supposedly in the flood plain. I believe it.

On my child's street, water is up to the car bumpers.

Apparently lots of other counties have it worse; they're being declared disaster areas.

I keep thinking of that James Taylor song about the 1911 Galveston hurricane: "Wasn't it a mighty storm, yeah, blew all the people away."

[oneshooter]

39. You sure that dosen't refer to the 1900 hurricane

Put 12FEET of water over Galveston Island, over 8000 killed or missing.

[catrose]

67. You're probably right

Internet is too spotty to check much. Thanks.

[GGJohn]

5. Stay safe Texasgal.

[calimary]

43. Aw man, I'm hearing all about it from my friend in Dallas/Fort Worth.

"Biblical" rains and flooding, she said. YEEEEKS! I told her I wish so badly that you guys could just send all that excess rain and floodwater out here to California. We'd LOVE to have it. We'd take it off your hands in a heartbeat if we knew how!

Stay safe, sweetie!

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. In the meantime CA is mostly dry

this is nuts.

Stay dry folks... and advise, I used to care to give it, not anymore.

[Texasgal]

6. Well, okay.

No one gave a rats ass that Texas has been in a severe drought for many years now. We've literally been dying here. I welcome the rain, although the floods not so much.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. You are getting the floods because the rain is coming down in bucketfulls

I care, and I almost predict the same scenario for CA, if the El Nino gets stronger than NOAA expects at this time. Even this winter maybe.

Dry parched land needs gentle rains, not bucketfuls to recover without getting run over and a nasty flood.

But I used to give advise from years in EMS, that is not welcomed, so I will not bother.

The only piece of advise, mostly coming from the last flash flood warning we got here from the National Weather Service (That was a surprise), is go immediately higher ground.

I even posted the alert here, and nobody here cares what happens in San Diego either. I am convinced that if we slip to the ocean... none will notice.

[malaise]

19. We'd notice

Trust me on that

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. But you are NOT in the US

you still have a working media



You would get a chuckle of how we talk about this

An example, that train wreck in Philly, took over a week of wall to wall. Same train wreck, (well almost, 25 dead though in 2010) was 12 hours.

Of course I started to check the wire. What the hell are they trying to hide?

[Texasgal]

21. As someone who has lived

in Central Texas all their lives...and also lives in the capitol of flash floods...we know what to do.

Thanks for your advice though.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Don't thank me

thank the NWS. Remember, I got no clue according to many on this site.

[AuntPatsy]

28. Agree

[malokvale77]

35. That was a bit of a nasty reply to nadin...

But living in Texas for most of my life, I am not surprised.

Self described Texans always seem to have a chip on their shoulders.

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. Not a problem

I expect nasty replies anymore



Stay dry and stay safe

[malokvale77]

45. Thank you nadin (nt)

[treestar]

65. She changed the subject to make it about CA (about her)

The OP is about the weather in Texas. So rather than wish well on Texans, let's change the subject to one that is near and dear to me.

[sendero]

7. This song...

.... sums up how I feel now. About 20 inches over the last 2 weeks. ENOUGH ALREADY!

[malaise]

10. The last time we had serious floods was 2002

The rain fell for nine days - our rainy season has just begun - we'll see what heading our way in a few days.

[sendero]

12. I've lived in north Texas..

... for 50 years. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And apparently, there is no end in sight.

[malaise]

66. I'm hearing historic floods

Sure looks so - how does a river rise 40ft?

[Gothmog]

8. I am under tornado watch and flash flood watch

The rain just started coming down hard at my house

[GGJohn]

11. Stay safe Gothmog. eom.

[Texasgal]

13. Stay safe!

This storm is nothing to play with!

[Gothmog]

17. I am not in a flood zone

There is little to do until there is a tornado warning

[malaise]

24. Four hundred homes destroyed

That is nothing to play with indeed

I'm watching this on CNN International - unbelievable

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. CNN national is on Bordain marathon

[malaise]

29. I know - that's why I switched

but I am no fan of Richard Quest.
I've seen more related to Texas on BBC International and CNN International than I have seen on US national stations

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. The only reason I have not done a story

is not lack of interest... truly.

I do, but I have no idea of really local conditions. Or where. So I am sticking to the Guardian...



On edit, Richard Quest IS a pain. Most folks in the US have no clue who we are talking about though. They keep him off the CNN National, for the most part

So here he is...

[malaise]

32. They bring him on national for plane crashes or

missing aircraft - he's awful

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. I know

And his promo for Planet Money or whatever it is... is nasally bothersome.

[malokvale77]

40. My son left at 2:30 pm to pick his wife up at DFW airport.

I am still waiting to hear from him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. The roads, from reading the Guardian

(CNN is still on Bordain marathon) are nasty. Hopefully he will be fine

Hugs

[tammywammy]

44. Where from?

The weather let up in DFW hours ago.

[malokvale77]

46. I have been trying to call him...

I get an "all circuits are busy" message.

Far East Dallas. He would have been 15 minutes down the road when the shit hit the fan.

[kentauros]

34. I was just looking at Weather Underground.

There was a tornadic thunderstorm around the Galleria area just minutes ago:

Houston, TX
Lat: 29.77 Lon: -95.51

Type: Tornadic Thunderstorm (V4)
Max Reflectivity: 59 dBZ
Severe Hail: 50 % Chance
Hail: 100 % Chance
Max Hail Size: 1.00 in.
Echo Top: 45,000 ft.
Vert. Integrated Liquid: 63 kg/m²
Speed: 24 mph (21 knots)
Direction: (from) SSW (212°)
Radar Site: HGX

[okasha]

48. That is scary.

[kentauros]

50. Thankfully, those thunderstorms are devolving.

Now I'm listening to a heavy downpour due to being in an orange area on the radar. In fact, it looks like it's solid orange from here about thirty miles west, and at least as much to the east.

Here's the radar map:

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=29.65023232&lon=-95.46049500&zoom=8&pin=Pearce%20Industries%2c%20TX&rad=1&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=0&riv=0&mm=0&hur=0

[okasha]

55. Gods.

That is a mean looking thing. Here's hoping it's moving fast and you'll be clear of it soon.

[kentauros]

56. Well, unlike the monster that went through Saturday,

this one isn't moving fast. It's been raining hard for at least half an hour. I just looked at NOAA's site for hydrology (river flood stages.) Here's the one for Buffalo Bayou at Piney Point (outside 610 loop in the Memorial area, I think.)

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=pptt2

The link to the Weather Underground map has some cool features if you look around on the legend, including showing the river reports, types of thunderstorms and their tracks, reports of severe weather, and so forth.

[Gothmog]

49. My son lives near that area and has lost power twice

His bearded collie is sitting on top of him due to the thunder (dogs from the herding group like beardies are sensitive to thunder).

I have power and flooding is not a problem so long as I keep off the roads

[kentauros]

52. I'm in an apartment

that's also in a housing neighborhood. Our street will flood in downpours like this, and then drain in a couple of hours. I have seen the water up to our top front steps, or about five feet from street-level.

As for power, we seem to be on a different powerline than the houses around us. After Ike, we were only without power for about 24 hours while the neighborhood was out for three weeks! The lights have dipped a couple of times, but nothing more.

Just checked the front street and it's still not flooded. The bayous might go pretty high tonight, though.

I hope you and your son stay safe (collie, too!)

[Alittleliberal]

57. Please be safe my friend!

[oneshooter]

14. We are under a tornado watch

Lots of rumble type thunder and the clouds are getting lower.

[oneshooter]

16. Just got a Flash Flood warning

More thunder, sharper sounding.

I wonder how hard it will be to get to work in the morning. Got six miles of raised gravel road till i get to pavement.

[malaise]

20. Stay safe and remember

Better to stay home than face a dangerous situation on the road - water is everywhere given the rivers and lakes.

[oneshooter]

36. Not raining real hard, just steady

The roads are raised with drainage on both sides. Seen worse and had no problems.

[X_Digger]

27. Gah.. been running a shop vac in my basement for 40 of the last 48 hours.

I bet I've sucked up 100 gallons easily that have seeped up through our slab.

[malaise]

31. That's a lot of water - the really hard part

is the freaking inconvenience but when one thinks of losing the entire house, I guess sucking up the water is the better option. - stay safe
When facing such horrific parts of life I play Stevie Wonder's classic - tomorrow robins will sing. This too will pass.

[oneshooter]

37. Thru the slab, or the walls? n/t

[X_Digger]

38. A little of both.

30'ish year old house, some small cracks all over.

[Avalux]

47. My backyard is a lake and I spent part of Saturday night in the closet.

I've never experienced a tornado warning before, but when my phone went off and told me to take shelter immediately, I tuned in to our local weather and sure enough, the storm had rotation and was headed my way. The dogs and I put cushions in the closet and got comfy for a bit.

Luckily, we are fine, except for my flooded back yard. North of here got the worst of it. Boerne, Wimberly and San Marcos....never seen anything like it. The Blanco River rose over 30 feet in 3 hours and the guage quit measuring at 40 feet. Broke the almost 100 year old record by at least 7 feet.

Today the storms have been off to the east, so I've been lucky again. The silver lining of this - our depleted lakes are receiving a much needed infusion. And the aquifer is now visible deep down inside Natural Bridge Caverns. The underground lake that is so important to this part of Texas.

[Gothmog]

51. Lake Travis rose 7 feet over the last couple of days

The Austin area has been in a drought for a while and Lake Travis needs the water

[tammywammy]

53. Lake Bridgeport has gone up 13 feet since Tuesday.

It's only down one for when a few weeks ago it was -26 feet.

[hobbit709]

60. Friday morning Travis was at 636, this morning 654 and rising.

[kentauros]

58. It looks like White Oak Bayou near I-10 is out of its banks.

Flood stage is 32 ft. According to the hydrology report at NOAA, it's currently at 35.58 ft.




http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=hgx&gage=hgtt2

[malaise]

59. Yep

Serious flooding in Houston overnight

[Gothmog]

61. Houston and surrounding areas are shut down

My lawfirm is not opening until after lunch

[B Calm]

62. Crazy weather, a year ago they were in a drought.

[Gothmog]

63. The roads in blue are underwater or have standing water

[malaise]

64. That's a lot of water

Damn!

[KamaAina]

68. Well, it's floodin' down in Texas....

All the telephone lines are down...