Hazardous Weather Outlook for Liberty County

LIBERTY COUNTY, December 19, 2006 - A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR TWO SEVERE STORMS OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY... RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS...FEEDER ROADS...UNDERPASSES...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT.

DAY TWO...

WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY... WITH THE ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO DECREASE BY THE EVENING HOURS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES OR DAMAGING WINDS.

IN ADDITION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS... FEEDER ROADS... UNDERPASSES... AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

.DAY THREE...THURSDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

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