Sunshine and temperatures above average. We are looking at a storm system that is slated for the Pacific Northwest, the tail end of it will give us a little bit of precip perhaps tomorrow and that will cool us off. We will have cloudier skies for your sunday and isolated sprinkles in the north bay. You can see most of the Energy Heading up too extreme Northern California and we are back to more dry weather, but they have nothing but rain and in fact historical flooding here in eastern and central texas. This is just been unbelievable with 7 and 8 inches of rain since midnight. More than 10 to 12 inches of rain is expected and now this, the surge of moisture from tropical depression patricia will continue to add into the problems in texas. So the mountains have weakened this considerably from a hurricane early this morning, a minimal hurricane to a tropical depression and this area of low pressure then pushing into the Houston Galveston Area tomorrow. Today its rainy all the way through
By tomorrow. Heavy rain around austin texas and much of texas, just inundated with a swath of moisture, and what was Hurricane Patricia. Now at winds of 50 miles an hour, it is quickly weakening and spreading lots of rain. In fact, anywhere from to 12 inches of rain. So right now it is a Tropical Storm. We could see upwards of another 15 inches of rain here, and flash flooding certainly is possible. Some isolated spots, up to 20 inches of rain on the coast of mexico. In texas an entirely different story. We are looking at anywhere electric 7 from 7 to 10 inches of rain in parts of south of dallas. This will continue up to the ohio river valley and we will look for the flash flood warnings the next several days for texas. We will talk about our weather and whether or not we will get rain in here coming up. Thank you. You heard lisa mention Hurricane Patricia weakened from a category 5 to a Tropical Storm this morning. There have been reports of flood asking rainfall but no ward of fatal
Broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Look at that wind. The strongest measured hurricane ever in the western hem hemisphere and it hit just after 4 00. Dan ashley and ama daetz have the night off. Reports of flooding and land slides after Hurricane Patricia came on shore. No word of fatalities or major damage right now. Mexicos president says the damage is actually smaller than expected. Thousands of people were evacuated along the southwest coast of mexico. Residents and tourists moved inland and those who could not get out simply tried to take cover. We have Team Coverage and we start in the newsroom with abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow with the latest. As Hurricane Patricia made landfall, residents went from being hotel guests to refugees. The strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hem miss friar made hemisphere made landfall at 4 15 bringing with it 160 mile per hour winds. San francisco resident brad powell is vacationing in puerto vallarta. The hoy tell where he is s
Woodrow with the latest. As Hurricane Patricia made landfall, residents went from being hotel guests to refugees. The strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hem miss friar made hemisphere made landfall at 4 15 bringing with it 160 mile per hour winds. San francisco resident brad powell is vacationing in puerto vallarta. The hoy tell where he is staying the hotel where he is staying put a note under his door. In two hours pack your things and put your wags in the bags in the bathtub or bathroom and close the door. Bring a backpack and go downstairs to the ballroom which we have turned into a shelter. Suddenly the vacation plans changed. Effective this time you are no longer considered a guest. You are a refugee. That eke sphrood us out. He tweeted pictures writing sounds like we are under a water fall, but the thatch roof in the lobby is holding up. Brad took shelter, so cal resident cindy cow cowan was determined to get home. We are getting on the last private plane. She made
As the strongest hurricane recorded slams into mexico. Tonight tourists trapped in paradise as the strong evidence hurricane ever recorded slams into Mexico Pacific coast. Good evening im juliette goodrich. Im tim. Patricia had winds at 165 miles an hour. Paul has been tracking the latest. This is how big how strong this storm is 4 15 it made landfall. 7 hours after it lost its Energy Source its still Strong Enough to be a category 2 hurricane. Near the center of the storm we silva 100 Miles Per Hour sustained winds with gusts as high as 160 Miles Per Hour. It is moving inland rapidly moving at 20 Miles Per Hour. By as soon as tomorrow afternoon its going to get torn apart by the high mountains of mexico down to a 35 Miles Per Hour tropical depression. It will become a prolific rainmaker for the deep south. Houston, texas galveston, waco and austin localized rainfall totals 8 to 10 inches of rain. So a windstorm big time problem mexico. Now to a rainstorm soon to be a big time problem