Oh, I remember it well. I was in tears watching the coverage of people being rescued from their homes on that Saturday after the final deluge. I'm from west Houston and we only experienced some street flooding, but a couple of my co-workers actually lost their homes.
Yes, we could use a couple of those thunderstorms, but it simply doesn't ever rain this time of year in this neck of the woods.
UPDATE...
THE KHGX 88D HAD BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB ON STORM TOTAL PRECIP FOR THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT. YESTERDAY'S 8 TO 11 INCH BULLSEYE IN SOUTHEAST HOUSTON SHOWS UP NICELY ON THE STP AS WELL AS THIS MORNING'S 15 INCH RAINFALL TOTAL FROM ONE OF OUR COOP OBSERVERS IN MATAGORDA (SEE RTPHGX). CURRENTLY WATCHING AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY IN EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY WHERE AROUND 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES WERE OCCURRING. THE CLUSTER ACROSS THE GALVESTON BAY AREA IS RAPIDLY WEAKENING WHILE ACTIVITY IN MATAGORDA BAY IS HOLDING
TOGETHER. IN THIS PATTERN...IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT WHERE FUTURE HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR AS WE WATCH A NUMBER OF STORM CLUSTERS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. ALSO...ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT.
WILL STICK WITH OUR CURRENT RAINFALL FORECAST OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH LOCALIZED 4 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE DUE TO TRAINING OR SLOW MOVING/STATIONARY STORMS.
BUT IN GENERAL...ANTICIPATE RAINFALL COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO PROBABLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOST LIKELY DECREASE TONIGHT.
BUT BEFORE THIS DECREASE ACTUALLY OCCURS AND WITH THE SLOW MOVING MIDLEVEL CIRCULATION STILL IN OUR AREA...WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THE FLOOD WATCH GOING AS PLANNED UNTIL 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. 42/35
I remember watching it all on KHOU. I stayed home, not thinking about my own neighborhood, because all the windows in my house face the back yard. I had power, TV, and the cell phone. And my dog had dry feet when she went out the back. I could hear the helocoptors though. Much to my surprise when I opened the garage door to take some donations to the shelter, that my neighborhood was flooded and the water had come up to the garage door but not into the garage.
It reminded me that I have to look out the front door too, even though there are no windows there.
Some times I am not very aware. . . :-)