Subj: re: radar anomaly in Texas Date: 98-12-10 12:28:12 EST From: rtorre01@sprynet.com (Rex and Ruth Torres) To: phikent@aol.com Hi, Kent...you posted a picture of a pulse on radar over Texas yesterday - guess what? Today they're calling for a "dangerous flash flood threat"! Here it is: RWUS31 KSAT 101124FFASAT TXZ171>173-176>182-185>201-204>216-219>227-235>238-111200- BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTEDFLASH FLOOD WATCHNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX522 AM CST THU DEC 10 1998...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY AND TONIGHT FORPARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXASAND ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECONFIGURED THE FLASHFLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH COVERS PARTS OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRALTEXAS AND ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE WATCH RUNS ALONG AND EASTOF A LINE FROM LLANO TO LEAKEY TO HONDO TO DILLEY...TO HALLETTSVILLEAND TO PALACIOS. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AUSTIN...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE...BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...KERRVILLE...HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND SAN ANTONIO.AN ABUNDANCE OF GULF AND PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL BE FOCUSED OVERSOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT BY AN APPROACHINGUPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA AND A SURFACE FRONT JUST OFF THETEXAS COAST. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED EARLY THISMORNING OVER ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER WESTTEXAS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE COOL FRONT WILL STAY SOUTHOF THE WATCH AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A STRONG JET STREAMALOFT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS ANDTHUNDERSTORMS.RAINFALL TOTALS AVERAGING 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSSTHE WATCH AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHESARE POSSIBLE.THE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...AND THE FLASHFLOOD WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO INCLUDE FRIDAY.THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER EAST TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE RAIN.RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATESTDEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THIS HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. STAY INFORMED OFTHE LATEST WEATHER AND RIVER FORECASTS AND BULLETINS...AND BE READYTO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SAFEGUARD LIFE AND PROPERTY IF FLASHFLOODING OR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OBSERVED...OR IF A WARNING ISISSUED. IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSSFLOODED ROADWAYS!STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISIONSTATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTSCONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT.