HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

LIBERTY, October 6, 2009 - TODAY AND TONIGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A WARM FRONT THAT HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. WITH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOW 90S WE WILL SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS THE AREA SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN SINCE LATE AUGUST. MOST AREAS WILL SEE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME AREAS NEAR THE COAST BRIEFLY NEARING 110 DEGREES. PERSONS WHO HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD LIMIT ANY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY AND TAKE SUMMERTIME PRECAUTIONS TO DEAL WITH THE HEAT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA AS A WEAK COLD FRONT NEARS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRIMARILY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO LIVINGSTON. LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON FRIDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.