AWUS01 KWNH 241740
FFGMPD
MSZ000-LAZ000-TXZ000-242300-
Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 1131
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
140 PM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
Areas affected...Middle Texas Coast through southern Mississippi
Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible
Valid 241739Z - 242300Z
Summary...Showers and thunderstorms will continue to expand across
the Central Gulf Coast this aftn. Rainfall rates will likely reach
2-3+"/hr at times, leading to stripes of 2-4" of rainfall. This
may cause flash flooding.
Discussion...The regional radar mosaic early this aftn shows
rapidly expanding coverage of reflectivity associated with
increasing showers and thunderstorms from the Middle Texas Coast
through southern Mississippi. This activity is blossoming
downstream of a cold front that is slowly dropping southeast,
driven by an elongated longwave trough axis diving through the
Southern Plains. This evolution is driving subsequent downstream
jet streak formation, leading to favorable RRQ diffluence aloft.
Additionally, spokes of shortwave energy rotating through the
trough axis are providing additionally focused ascent.
This widespread deep layer lift is impinging into a destabilizing
environment reflected by recent SPC RAP analyzed SBCAPE of
2500-3500 J/kg. This instability is combining with impressive
moisture (PWs of 2-2.2 inches as measured by GPS) to produce an
environment ripe for heavy rainfall production. This is being
realized by the expansion of convection, and recent
radar-estimated rain rates have peaked above 1.5"/hr, despite
current cells featuring relatively small updrafts with short
temporal lifespans (pulse variety convection).
As the aftn progresses, the high-res guidance is in good agreement
that thunderstorm coverage will expand across most of the area,
and recent HRRR runs have shown an increasing trend in coverage.
This is likely supported by the more favorable overlap of ascent
into the rich thermodynamic airmass this aftn, as the trough and
accompanying cold front continue to expand southward.
Thunderstorms that develop will also be supported by increasing
bulk shear to help organize into clusters. This should have the
dual-pronged effect of creating heavier rain rates (HREF
neighborhood probabilities peak around 40% for 2"/hr coincident
with 15-min HRRR rainfall as much as 1", or brief 4"/hr rates)
while also leading to longer duration of this rainfall.
Additionally, with 850mb inflow remaining out of the Gulf to
resupply favorable thermodynamics, propagation vectors collapse to
around 5 kts and veer more to the north, indicating that storms
will be slower moving and may build south along the TX coast.
Where clusters of storms move slowest or backbuild/train, these
intense rainfall rates could produce 2-4" of rain (HREF 6-hr
rainfall probabilities for 3" above 40%). This will be sufficient
to produce rapid runoff even atop the relatively dry antecedent
soils. While the greatest threat for impacts will occur where
heavy rain falls atop urban areas, any training or repeating of
these rain rates across this area could result in instances of
flash flooding into this evening.
Weiss
...Please see
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!_zRYIjj0FnOKPOPdWsofhDiO5Tk0fu2rbnBSPvxZt-6moVXQLnEfhWe4TkXBjQZbacQj= VgeYiIcPKq64JIi0A94N8rg$ for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...HGX...JAN...LCH...LIX...SHV...
ATTN...RFC...FWR...ORN...NWC...
LAT...LON 33139065 33088902 32388871 31468919 30378971=20
30008992 29769040 29679116 29749201 29869315=20
29709382 29489434 29239489 29029541 28909600=20
29089656 29699573 30179528 30739486 31499392=20
32729179=20
=3D =3D =3D
To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to
https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at
cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM.
--- SBBSecho 3.28-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)