Just because we have quite a few Texas posters...

"" A slow-moving band of torrential rain will quickly erase dry
and drought conditions and will threaten lives and property
by way of major flooding in some communities in the South
Central states.
People in the South Central states should monitor the
weather situation for flooding through this weekend and
into early next week, regardless of how dry the landscape
may be right now. The hard, dry ground will cause a
significant amount of the rain to run off.
Rainfall on the order of 4-8 inches will crawl eastward
through portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas
and Louisiana. There is the potential for some communities
to be hit with a foot of rain through Sunday. Much of the
rain may fall in a single day or perhaps in a matter of hours.
The storm system produced numerous incidents of flash
flooding in western Texas Thursday morning.
The flooding will become far-reaching and affect the major
cities of Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio and
Brownsville, Texas; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Wichita, Kansas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; and Shreveport and
Lake Charles, Louisiana.
In portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana,
the situation could turn out similar to
flooding this past May in the same areas. However, it is
less possible the situation may become as extreme as
the South Carolina flooding from early October .
Areas that are likely to first experience flash flooding will be
low water crossings, small streams and mainly secondary
roads.""

More here:
http://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/flooding-tropical-downpours-patricia-texas-oklahoma-central-us/53098639









Stay safe folks....

Thanks for posting this...

You're welcome, not a problem

kinda normal for us in Houston, we are geared for hurricane/tropical rains anyway.. the moisture from Patricia makes it even moreso this time of year

Boy, the winds were really howling in Houston today!

Forcasted Patricia storm tracks....



Its gonna rain

Hope it gets here in NE LA..The local news stated today that we've been w/o rain for 109 straight days now.

all night last night, too

A little more on Hurricane Patricia....


"" (CNN)— Patricia -- the strongest hurricane ever
recorded -- barreled closer and closer Friday
morning to Mexico's Pacific coast, where
residents have been told to brace for its 200-
mph sustained winds and torrential rains.
The Miami-based meteorological center, in its
10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) advisory, warned of a
"potentially catastrophic landfall ... in
southwestern Mexico" late that afternoon or
early evening. While its strength could
fluctuate, "Patricia is expected to remain an
extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane
through landfall."
Patricia has potential to cause massive death
and destruction over a large swath of the
Mexican Pacific coast, including the tourist hot
spots of Puerto Vallarta and Acapulco.
Citing observations by hurricane hunters,
Patricia is "the strongest hurricane on record in
the National Hurricane Center's area of
responsibility (AOR) which includes the Atlantic
and the eastern North Pacific basins,"
according to a Friday morning forecast
discussion.
The closest contender, at this point, might be
Hurricane Camille when it battered the U.S.
Gulf Coast in 1969. Regardless, Patricia looks
to be more powerful than that storm, Hurricane
Andrew in 1992, Katrina in 2005 and many
others.
It's already surpassed them in one way: Its
central pressure reading -- the weight of the air
above a system -- which is a key measure of
any storm's strength.
The early Friday central pressure recording of
880 millibars (the barometric pressure
equivalent is 25.98 inches) "is the lowest for
any tropical cyclone globally for over 30 years,"
according to the Met Office, Britain's weather
service.
Patricia's intensity is comparable to Typhoon
Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013, the
World Meteorological Organization tweeted.
More than 6,000 people died in Haiyan , due
largely to enormous storm surges that rushed
through coastal areas. Haiyan had 195-mph
sustained winds when it made landfall, while
Typhoon Tip was at 190 mph (and had a
slightly lower pressure reading of 870 millibars)
in 1979.
Whether or not Patricia measures up to those
Asian typhoons when it slams Mexico, CNN
meteorologist Chad Myers said, "This is the
only hurricane that's ever been this powerful.""
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/23/americas/hurricane-patricia/

sure glad I am out of that Corner of the Woods!
36years in the Westindies was quite enough!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVjdMLAMbM0

Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Flood

Damn thing went from a 40mph tropical storm to a cat 5 hurricane in 36 hours...frickin SUSTAINED 200 mph winds...grab a kite!

Just saw it!


The giant Hurricane Patricia which is headed towards Mexico is now comparable to Typhoon Haiyan, the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said, referring to a storm that killed 6,300 people in the Philippines in 2013.

The hurricane has prompted authorities to evacuate villagers, close ports, and urge tourists to cancel trips over fears of a catastrophe.

The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) described Patricia as the "strongest ever hurricane to hit the eastern north Pacific region".

"This is really, really, really strong. It's comparable with Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines with such devastating effect a couple of years ago," WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis said.

"The winds are enough to get a plane in the air and keep it flying."

The centre said the storm will make a potentially catastrophic landfall later Friday local time in south-western Mexico, and that Patricia had grown into a category five storm in the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 325 kilometres per hour.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-23/hurricane-patricia-headed-for-mexico-strongest-of-its-kind/6881442

Last night, I blew up my inflatable Doll just in case.

I'm 42?or more miles inland from Galveston. . (Houston..Pasadena )area.
Although, right now I'm at work, in Medical Center area...nice winds every little bit..no rain yet.
Thank you for the post.

ark for sale get your ark
only slightly used by a little old man from back east

But that's not me....it's moe.

No problem...try and stay dry

she saved me... more that once

My sister is Patty. I will really have to get on her about this storm.