El synop de Houston indico aquel dia 50 mm... pero hay datos de varias zonas con cantidades de hasta 250 mm... tipico SCM americano como decia Gale...
Recuerdo: 1 inch=25'4 mm...
June 20, 2006, 8:05PMStorms skirt Houston, heavy rains fall southwestBy RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle The projected thunderstorms for the Houston area today instead dumped rain on Brazoria and Matagorda counties to the southwest, but no incidents of flooding were reported.
The counties saw plentiful rain but nothing like the torrential downpour that hit Houston on Monday.
Forecasters were calling for a 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms today and Thursday and 20 percent on Friday and Saturday for the Houston area.
Gov. Rick Perry, who sent support like Texas Army National Guard trucks, boats and helicopters in response to Houston's flooding, toured the Houston area Tuesday.
"We have receding water in some areas, but certain parts of Houston and Southeast Texas have been saturated with so much rainfall that flash flood conditions are still possible," Perry said Tuesday from Houston's TranStar building.
The governor advised residents to avoid low-lying and unfamiliar areas "where you could be into an unwelcome situation rather quickly."
Monday marked the rainiest day since Tropical Storm Allison hit the area in June 2001.
Almost 11 inches fell in the Hobby Airport area of southeast Houston on Monday , flooding homes, roads and creating a traffic nightmare. No injuries were reported.
"Our hearts go out and a lot of our actions are going out to deal with our fellow Houstonians who have had their houses under water," Houston Mayor Bill White said. "We are coping with this as a community and coping effectively as a community," Houston Mayor Bill White said. "It was like a giant fire hose from the sky was spraying down on a highly localized area. We have been working all day and we will be continuing to work to take care of those citizens."
By Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service was reporting intermittent rainfall in Brazoria County at rates of one-quarter to one-half inch an hour.
Volunteers Jim Crawford and Richard Alvarado drove a Red Cross disaster relief truck from Bay City in Matagorda County to the coastal towns of Matagorda and Sargent to look for flood victims.
"Everybody was doing fine, so we stopped to have a nice lunch," Crawford said. "There was a little bit of water over some of the roads, but that didn't cause any real problems."
Freddie Kile, chief tender of the swing bridge at Sargent, said the area was pounded by heavy rainfall Tuesday morning, but no homes appeared to be flooded.
Brazoria County officials were keeping an eye on the Brazos River, which helps carry runoff from the Houston area to the Gulf of Mexico. Officials also were monitoring creeks and bayous that handle the runoff from Houston.
The rainfall has generally been a boon to agriculture in the areas around Houston such as Wharton and Fort Bend counties, said Peter McGuill county extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Wharton County.
"For the most part the amount of rain we have gotten in Wharton County has been good," he said.
McGuill said the moisture is beneficial for pastures, meadows and hay producers but cautioned that too much rain can pose problems.
"We are really in a tentative stage right now. Depending on the crop you grow determines how much rain you want right now," he said.
McGuill said grain sorghum that is close to harvest does not need rainfall now. If rice crops are blooming, the heavy rain could possibly knock the blooms off the plants and hurt the yield.
The rain, however, was welcomed by most cotton farmers.
"It was about time for them to get some rain because it was starting to get dry again," he said.
Chronicle reporters Eric Hanson and Richard Stewart and correspondent S.K. Bardwell contributed to this story.
Houston residents clean up after heavy rainsCHRIS DUNCANAssociated PressHOUSTON - Chunks of drenched carpeting were piled at the ends of driveways on Kelso Street south of downtown Houston on Tuesday, a day after a storm dumped nearly a foot of rain in parts of the city.William Rufus, 70, spent Tuesday morning salvaging furniture from the small home on the street he's lived in for 30 years. He relaxed in a lawn chair in the early afternoon as drizzle pelted a tin roof covering his pickup truck.
"You'll never get back all you've lost," he said. "This is as bad as it gets."
The National Weather Service said the brief, powerful storm dumped 10-11 inches in areas of Harris County.More showers had been expected on Tuesday, but less than an inch fell in Harris County as the storm veered southwest, toward Matagorda County.
The weather service said a total of 15 inches fell in that coastal area between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday.Matagorda County Judge Greg Westmoreland said no houses were damaged.
"We sure had a pile of rain," Westmoreland said, "but it looks like we came out of it pretty lucky. We were right on the brink."
Gov. Rick Perry visited Houston on Tuesday and was satisfied with the emergency response from local authorities.
"We have very capable individuals who relay back to us what's happening on the ground," Perry said. "I feel very comfortable that we've got a pretty good handle on what is occurring out there."
Perry pre-deployed 50 National Guard trucks, 30 rescue boats and assorted other emergency equipment and personnel, but said none of it was needed.
Perry said the state will apply for federal aid to help the recovery.
About 300 Harris County residents were rescued on Monday, but emergency management coordinator Mike Montgomery said most of them were stranded motorists who attempted ill-fated drives through deep water.
County officials estimated that a total of 78 homes were flooded. No deaths or injuries were reported.
Scattered showers and clearing skies were in the forecast for the rest of the week - good news at the Cossaboom Family YMCA, southeast of downtown.
The basement and first floor of the facility were flooded on Monday and on Tuesday, the outdoor pool behind it was still overflowing with filthy water.
Lori Rumfield, the facility's executive director, said the damage could've been much worse.
"We've been hustling," she said. "We recovered about as fast as we could."
Back on Kelso Street, Rufus said he just was grateful that the floodwaters didn't destroy his prized possession - a maroon 1966 Buick Wildcat.
"It's still running," he said with a smile.
AHI ESTAN LAS PRECIS DE 250 MM EN POCO TIEMPO... 
INCLUSO 380 MM EN 24 HORAS...
Tremenda caza la que hicimos, aunque con mas merito de Ermu, que dio la alerta... 
Tema: Tormentazo entre los Estados de Texas y Lousiana. (Leído 2408 veces)