HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

LIBERTY, October 15, 2009 - VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FOR TODAY...

TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL GENERATE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 90 TO 94 WHICH WILL BE MUCH ABOVE THE SEASONAL NORMAL TEMPERATURES. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY REACH 101 TO 106 DEGREES...MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND THEN OFF THE COAST BY LATE THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WINDS.