• Flood Potential Cen/Ea TX

    From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to All on Sun Aug 31 08:32:11 2025
    AWUS01 KWNH 310942
    FFGMPD
    TXZ000-311540-

    Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1037
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    540 AM EDT Sun Aug 31 2025

    Areas affected...Portions of Central and Eastern TX

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

    Valid 310940Z - 311540Z

    SUMMARY...A gradual increase in shower and some thunderstorm
    activity is expected over the next few hours. High rainfall rates
    and concerns for areas of cell-training will pose a threat for
    isolated to scattered areas of flash flooding this morning.

    DISCUSSION...Radar and satellite imagery early this morning is
    showing a gradual increase in shower and thunderstorm activity
    across portions of central and eastern TX. The convection which is
    notably elevated in nature to the north of a stationary front is
    being facilitated by a gradual increase in warm air advection
    along with an uptick in low-level moisture convergence. MUCAPE
    values are on the order of about 500 to 1000 J/kg.

    Some additional expansion of convection is expected going through
    the morning hours as some weakly divergent flow aloft along with
    modestly convergent low-level flow in the 925/850 mb layer
    interacts with the available pool of instability. The environment
    is very moist with PWs of 2.0 to 2.2 inches and this should
    support convection with high rainfall rates capable of reaching
    1.5 to 2.5 inches/hour.

    Rather slow cell-motions given the weak mean layer steering flow
    coupled with the linear nature of some of the elevated convection
    will potentially result in some rather heavy rainfall totals at
    least locally this morning. Areas where any cell-training occurs
    may see as much as 3 to 5 inches of rain given the deep moist
    environment, and these rains will be enough to result in concerns
    for isolated to scattered areas of flash flooding.

    Orrison

    ATTN...WFO...EWX...FWD...HGX...LCH...SHV...SJT...

    ATTN...RFC...FWR...NWC...

    LAT...LON 32279631 32229530 31949430 31559393 31059404
    30759486 30679595 30709679 30779781 31099921
    31599929 31969851 32249729

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