Dangerous storms have fires over eastern and southeastern Texas, with tornado watches already in place! There have already been multiple tornado warnings, and tornadoes do appear to be the main threat.

Current Mesoscale Discussion:

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 782...783...CONTINUES.

   WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS -- WITH EMBEDDED
   STRONGER/ROTATING CELLS -- CONTINUE ACROSS WW 782 AND 783...AHEAD OF
   THE SLOWLY ADVANCING SURFACE COLD FRONT.  A MOIST/UNSTABLE WARM
   SECTOR PERSISTS ACROSS THIS REGION...BENEATH STRONG/UNIDIRECTIONAL
   SSWLY FLOW ALOFT.  WITH BOUNDARY-LAYER SSELYS VEERING SLIGHTLY AND
   INCREASING TO SLY AT 1/2 TO 1 KM AGL...SHEAR THROUGH THIS LAYER
   REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF LOW-LEVEL ROTATION WITH SUSTAINED CELLS -- AND
   ASSOCIATED/ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT.  IN ADDITION...INDIVIDUAL CELLS
   MOVING QUICKLY NNEWD CONTINUE TO REVEAL OCCASIONAL BOWING
   STRUCTURES...SUGGESTIVE OF ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL.

   ..GOSS.. 10/29/2009

I am monitoring these storms on GRlevel3 radar, and it looks pretty intense!

This is the current tornado-watch area.

Here is the SKEW-T for Lake Charles, LA, where these storms will be heading next.

This cold front looks like it is digging itself in pretty good, and with moderate instability 

and good shear these storms are going to be quite powerful. If you would like to monitor this system, 

head over to the Weather Forecasts tab! Be safe, and monitor local news and NOAA Weather Radio if 

you are in the path of this system!