• Heavy Rain/Flooding TX/LA

    From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to All on Saturday, November 09, 2024 09:04:00
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    Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1144
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    605 AM EST Sat Nov 09 2024

    Areas affected...Southeast TX...Western LA...

    Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible

    Valid 091100Z - 091600Z

    SUMMARY...Slow moving, highly efficient cells along the front will
    continue to produce pockets of heavy rainfall and totals capable
    of inducing localized flash flooding. Scattered totals over 3-5"
    remain possible.

    DISCUSSION...Deep layer convergence through the warm sector over
    the northern Gulf and southern LA continues to drive convective
    development along the slowing/approaching cold fronta across SE
    TX. Strong upper-level divergence at the inflection of the
    cyclonically curved jet with maximized diffluence aloft as further enhanced/expanded convective development and isentropic ascent
    along and east of the triple point northeast of JAS, TX. CIRA LPW
    shows enanced surface to 700mb moisture through the warm sector
    though stronger 700-500 moisture along the northern coreo of
    Rafael remains distant enough for stronger WAA ascent later today.
    So with some weak steepening of lapse rates, modest instability
    remains in proximity of the Sabine River Valley to the triple
    point and should help to maintain updraft strength and focus
    moisture flux convergence to support 2-2.5"/hr rates. Duration of
    heavy rainfall may be more limited further north towad the
    entrance of the jet/divergence maxima as it slides away with the
    speed max with time. Spots of 2-4" across west-central to
    north-central LA may result in possible flash flooding over the
    next few hours.

    Furhter south, the east-southeast surface to 850mb flow
    decelerates into a col/weak surface wave near BPT. As such,
    similar deep layer moisture convergence and slightly enahnced
    surface based CAPE of ~1500 J/kg (due to proximity to the warmer
    Gulf) is providings stronger updraft strength. Due to proximity
    of slower low to midlevel flow, cells have been a bit more
    stationary/slow moving with time and some suggestion of upstream
    redevelopment toward the south may allow for some repeating;
    duration may continue to result in very localized but intense
    rainfall up to 2.5"/hr and localized totals of 3-5" over the next
    few hours. Given higher natural FFG values (only locally reduced
    due to 5-8" totals over Hardin, E Liberty and NW Jefferson
    counties), flash flooding from similar cells may continue risk for
    flash flooding.

    Gallina

    ATTN...WFO...HGX...LCH...SHV...

    ATTN...RFC...LMRFC...WGRFC...NWC...

    LAT...LON 32749283 32599214 32029213 31029271 29919333
    29709366 29439446 29149487 28989532 29809504
    30979455 32399364

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