The Houston storm
A slow moving group of thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rain and hail drifted over the greater Houston area late Saturday afternoon and evening. Rainfall was heaviest in the southwestern section of the city where a maximum accumulation of 8.12” was reported at a MESONET site in Sugarland-Meadows Place. As one can see on the map below, the heavy precipitation was confined to a relatively small area but included most of Houston’s downtown core, but with little rain falling over the northern suburbs.
Storm totals for the April 27-28 event in the Houston area. Hobby Airport on the south side of town picked up 6.31” whereas Houston International Airport, on the north side of town, received only a 0.26” total. Most of the storm rainfall fell in the two-hour period of 5-7:p.m on April 27th. Map from NWS-Houston.
The storm reached its peak intensity over Hobby Airport between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. The following amounts of rainfall were reported at the site during the time frames mentioned:
0.69” in 3 minutes (5:26-5:29 p.m.)
1.21” in 7 minutes (5:22-5:29 p.m.)
2.18” in 19 minutes (5:22-5:41 p.m.)
2.77” in 34 minutes (5:07-5:41 p.m.)
3.07” in 1 hour (4:53-5:53 p.m.)
A slow moving group of thunderstorms accompanied by torrential rain and hail drifted over the greater Houston area late Saturday afternoon and evening. Rainfall was heaviest in the southwestern section of the city where a maximum accumulation of 8.12” was reported at a MESONET site in Sugarland-Meadows Place. As one can see on the map below, the heavy precipitation was confined to a relatively small area but included most of Houston’s downtown core, but with little rain falling over the northern suburbs.
Storm totals for the April 27-28 event in the Houston area. Hobby Airport on the south side of town picked up 6.31” whereas Houston International Airport, on the north side of town, received only a 0.26” total. Most of the storm rainfall fell in the two-hour period of 5-7:p.m on April 27th. Map from NWS-Houston.
The storm reached its peak intensity over Hobby Airport between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. The following amounts of rainfall were reported at the site during the time frames mentioned:
0.69” in 3 minutes (5:26-5:29 p.m.)
1.21” in 7 minutes (5:22-5:29 p.m.)
2.18” in 19 minutes (5:22-5:41 p.m.)
2.77” in 34 minutes (5:07-5:41 p.m.)
3.07” in 1 hour (4:53-5:53 p.m.)
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