Flooding Strikes Parts of Texas Hit by Harvey

ByJim Bria June 27, 2018June 28, 2023

Between June 18th and June 21st, a nearly stationary tropical wave inundated southern Texas with extremely heavy rainfall. During that three-day span, Rockport, Texas recorded 16.33 inches of rain, roughly five times its average rainfall for the entire month of June. Corpus Christi finished not too far behind with 15.48 inches of rain, while Alice International Airport measured 11.52 inches of rainfall. Numerous streets and homes were flooded in these areas, with 15 homes being flooded in Orange County, Texas alone, according to local emergency management officials.

The region of Texas that was hit by this round of flooding was also severely impacted by Hurricane Harvey last year. While the heavy rain certainly disrupted recovery efforts from Harvey, the rainfall amounts seen with this event paled in comparison to those seen with Harvey, when up to four feet of rain fell over parts of southern Texas over the span of four days.

Jim Bria

Certified Consulting Meteorologist & Weather Expert

Early-Season Snowstorm Buries Great Lakes, Interior Northeast

ByJim Bria November 15, 2019June 28, 2023

Though the calendar still reads November, the weather more resembled January this week across parts of the Great Lakes and northeastern United States. An unusually strong winter storm blanketed the region with heavy snow Monday and Tuesday. The storm struck the state of Michigan hardest. At Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, 9.2” of snow fell…

July Opens With Blistering Heat Wave in Eastern U.S. & Southeastern Canada

ByJim Bria July 4, 2018June 28, 2023

The calendar has flipped to July and Mother Nature welcomed in the new month with a sweltering heat wave across eastern North America. As of this writing, numerous cities in the northeastern United States and southern Canada have reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit for four or even five days in a row. When combined with dew…

Cyclone Fani Batters Parts of India and Bangladesh

ByJim Bria May 7, 2019June 28, 2023

While hurricane season has not yet begun in either the Atlantic Ocean or the Eastern or Central Pacific Ocean, cyclone season is underway in the Indian Ocean. Last weekend, Cyclone Fani made landfall in the Indian province of Odisha with winds of 127 mph, equivalent to a category 3 hurricane. Cyclones are rare Odisha, as…

Coldest Air of Season So Far to Invade Northeast U.S. This Week

ByJim Bria October 16, 2018June 28, 2023

After a summer and early fall that featured much warmer than normal conditions over much of the northeastern United States, Mother Nature has decided to flip the seasonal switch on the region. Multiple shots of much below normal temperatures are expected over the northeastern United States through the remainder of October. One such shot of…

Tornadoes, Hail, and Winds Strike Northeastern United States

ByJim Bria May 17, 2018June 28, 2023

Tuesday May, 15th started out as a quiet, albeit very warm and humid, day across the northeastern United States. But towards the late afternoon, the Mother Nature unleashed her full fury across the region, with a large severe weather outbreak. A line of very intense thunderstorms tracked from eastern Pennsylvania, through northern New Jersey, southeastern…

Record Heat Scorched Europe in July

ByJim Bria August 9, 2019June 28, 2023

In the Northern Hemisphere, July is, on average, the hottest month of the year. In much of Europe, not only was July the hottest month of the year, it was the hottest month those locations had ever seen. Source: The Washington Post The highlight of the month was a late-month heatwave that set temperature records…

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