MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2242
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0753 AM CDT SUN OCT 09 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...ECNTRL AND SE TX
   
   CONCERNING...HEAVY RAINFALL 
   
   VALID 091253Z - 091600Z
   
   HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE STRONGER
   CELLS EMBEDDED IN A LINE MOVING INTO SE TX. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH
   PER HOUR MAY OCCUR AS THE LINE PASSES SLOWLY FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
   MORNING.
   
   A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE TX COASTAL PLAIN IS LOCATED
   ON THE NRN END OF AN AXIS OF VERY MOIST AIR WITH SFC DEWPOINTS NEAR
   70 F. THE LINE IS LOCATED NEAR A MAXIMUM IN PRECIPITABLE WATER
   VALUES WITH MESOANALYSIS SUGGESTING PW VALUES ARE ABOVE 1.75 INCHES
   ACROSS MOST OF THE MIDDLE TX COASTAL PLAIN FROM HOUSTON SWWD TO
   CORPUS CHRISTI. THIS ALONG WITH A SLOW EWD MOVEMENT AROUND 20 KT
   SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WITH 1 INCH PER HOUR RATES
   POSSIBLE WITH THE MORE INTENSE CORES. THE SRN END OF THE LINE IS
   NEAR THE STRONGEST INSTABILITY AND MAY BE FAVORED WITH THE GREATEST
   HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 10/09/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...HGX...FWD...CRP...EWX...
   
   LAT...LON   30209501 30579544 30959599 31289670 31179729 30819736
               30429724 29489743 28519768 28109739 28119700 28369643
               29009558 29399496 29699478 29929479 30209501