Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
337 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001

LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION OF ALLISON'S REMNANTS AROUND MADISONVILLE/KURTEN
AREA AT 2 AM...DRIFTING WSW. PROJECTIONS OF THE MOTION ARE TO TAKE IT
SSW TOWARD LA GRANGE-BELLVILLE AREA AROUND NOON AND PERHAPS AS FAR
SOUTHWEST AT THE VICTORIA AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING...SUSPECT THE
MODELS MAY BE MOVING IT TOO QUICK. PW CURRENTLY RUNNING 1.90-2.0
INCHES VIA GPS AT GLS. SFC DWPTS IN THE LOWER 70S INLAND AND AROUND 77
ON THE COAST. FEEDER BAND DEVELOPING FROM NEAR SARGENT TO FREEPORT TO
TEXAS CITY TO ANAHUAC AND THEN INTO THE MASSIVE BAND OVER
TYLER/HARDIN/JASPER...RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2.2-3.5"/HR. WE EVEN HAD ONE
STORM OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY POP A 60 VIL WITH A VERY PRONOUNCED WER.
COASTAL COUNTY STORMS MAY BE ABLE TO GO SEVERE THIS MORNING...PULSE
TYPE...MICROBURSTS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO THREAT.

WIDESPREAD RAINS CLOSER TO THE CORE SHOULD BE A REPEAT TODAY AND AGAIN
SATURDAY. THIS TRACK WILL BRING FA INTO THE DEEP MOIST AXIS ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. TAP OUT OF THE CENTRAL GULF WILL BE
TRAVERSING WEST AND SHOULD END UP POINTED RIGHT AT SETX. PRECIP
EFFICIENCY WILL BE EXTREME TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE
CENTRAL AND COASTAL FA. WILL CONTINUE THE FFA THROUGH TONIGHT AND AM
VERY CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
EXTREME RAINFALLS WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION AND LOOK OUT
SATURDAY! JUST TO REITERATE THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORMS HAVE
PRODUCED SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE/RECORD SETTING TOTALS! AVN HINTS THAT
THE 1000-700MB CIRCULATION COULD GET BACK OUT OVER THE WATER NEAR
MATAGORDA/MIDDLE TEXAS COAST SATURDAY NIGHT?...I SURE HOPE NOT!

MARINE...NO FLAGS AND 4 TO 5 FOOT SWELLS. EAST WINDS DEVELOPING
MAY LEAD TO SOME MARGINAL TIDAL RISES.

SPS ISSUED EARLIER WITH A RAINFALL SUMMARY AT THE MAJOR AIRPORT
SITES SINCE ALLISONS INCEPTION.

45/37/40/48/T

.KHGX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH
        TONIGHT.

PRELIMS...
CLL TT 082/072 082/071 085 ++8
IAH TT 082/073 082/072 084 9+9
GLS TT 084/075 084/075 084 ++9

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
301 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001

AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ALLISON CONTINUE TO PLAGUE
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SEVERAL AREAS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN ENOUGH
RAINFALL. HERE ARE THREE DAY (1200 AM CST TUESDAY JUNE 5 TO 1200 AM
CST FRIDAY JUNE 8) RAINFALL TOTALS FROM AIRPORTS AROUND SOUTHEAST
TEXAS:

     HUNTSVILLE............9.35 INCHES
     SUGARLAND.............9.13 INCHES
     PEARLAND..............8.28 INCHES
     LEAGUE CITY (NWS).....7.13 INCHES
     HOUSTON HOBBY.........7.10 INCHES
     HOUSTON BUSH..........5.43 INCHES
     CONROE................4.41 INCHES
     TOMBALL...............3.77 INCHES
     GALVESTON.............3.55 INCHES
     ANGLETON..............1.62 INCHES
     COLLEGE STATION.......1.50 INCHES
     PALACIOS..............0.94 INCHES

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
THROUGH TONIGHT AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH SATURDAY...AS
THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON WILL LINGER IN THE AREA FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.
WE WILL ISSUE UPDATED RAINFALL TOTALS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.