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Related: About this forum5-15" Of Rain Across SE TX This Week - No Hurricane Or TS; Just A Massive Tropical Moisture Dump
It doesnt take a hurricane or tropical storm to dump massive amounts of rain on southeast Texas these days. Just a wave of tropical moisture from an ocean warmed by human-caused climate change.
(Not a hurricane, but southeast Texas may see 20 inches or more of rain this week.)
Over the past few days, a massive surge of moisture has flowed off the warmer than normal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This moisture has interacted with a trough dipping down over the Central U.S. to produce prodigious amounts of rainfall. And ever since late Sunday powerful thunderstorms have been firing across the Texas coast.
As of this morning, according to reports from The National Weather Service, between 5 and 15 inches of rainfall had inundated a vast swath stretching from the Texas-Mexico border northward to a Houston area still recovering from Hurricane Harveys historic floods. These heavy rains, producing amounts typically seen from a substantial tropical cyclone, have generated major flooding and flash flood warnings across the region. As the waters rise, residents have become justifiably concerned about personal safety and damage to property.
NOAA forecasts indicate that storms expected to continue firing through Thursday, with between 2 and 7 inches of additional rainfall possible. It is worth noting that atmospheric moisture levels over the region are very high. So predicted rainfall totals may be exceeded.
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(As of 7 AM, more than 15 inches of rain had fallen over parts of southeast Texas in association with a persistent upper level low and related severe thunderstorms. Heavy rains have continued to fall throughout the day and arent expected to abate until at least Thursday. Image source: The National Weather Service.)
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5-15" Of Rain Across SE TX This Week - No Hurricane Or TS; Just A Massive Tropical Moisture Dump (Original Post)
hatrack
Jun 2018
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)1. Looks to me
like CLEARLY Gods are angry at TX.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)2. OK, y'all - fess up! Who's been thinking impure thoughts?!!??
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)3. Answer....
"All of us. Why is that bad? Hyuck hyuck."
mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)4. I lived in Houston 6 years...3 floods
Wouldnt move back for a million bucks.