Tornado Warning 36, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
820 PM CST TUE NOV 27 2001

ANOTHER BUSY NIGHT. SPC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE COASTAL
COUNTIES OF SE TX. ALTHO HARRIS CNTY IS INCLUDED...THE THREAT IS
MAINLY FOR AREAS NEAR THE BAY. FRONT OFFSHORE IS EASING ITS WAY
BACK INLAND. DEW PTS IN GLS HAVE VARIED FROM 60 TO 67 IN THE LAST
FEW HOURS. AS S/WV ENERGY DIGS SE...EXPECT PRECIP TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD. HAIL THREAT DOES EXIST FOR INLAND COUNTIES AND WILL KEEP
MENTION OF SEVERE. WILL TWEAK TEMPS BUT THE GENERAL THEME OF THE
PREVIOUS PACKAGE IS ON THE MARK.

.HGX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
       SOUTHEAST TEXAS
      .HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
       THURSDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN COUNTIES
      .SCEC GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS
      .SCA GULF WATERS 00-60 NM OFFSHORE
      .TORNADO WATCH COASTAL COUNTIES THRU 07Z

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PRELIMS...
CLL TR 042/042 033/047 031 899
IAH TR 046/048 035/049 032 899
GLS TR 057/054 039/050 038 899

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
252 PM CST TUE NOV 27 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR THE REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOIST AIR
MASS ON TOP OF A SHALLOW COLD DOME OF AIR OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME OF
THE STORMS POSSIBLY REACHING SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP NEAR
AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL LINGER CLOSE TO THE
COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS WEATHER
SITUATION...AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
347 PM CST TUE NOV 27 2001

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MAY LEAD TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAS AT RISK INCLUDE CITIES AND
COMMUNITIES IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...GRIMES...HOUSTON...MADISON...
TRINITY...WALKER...AND WASHINGTON

RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS A WARM MOIST AIRMASS ALOFT OVERRIDES
A COOLER AIRMASS NEAR THE SURFACE. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
FROM THE HILL COUNTRY INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL
BEGIN TO APPROACH THE FREEZING LEVEL IN OUR WESTERN AND NORTHERN
COUNTIES...AND THIS MAY ALLOW SOME OF THE RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED.

AT THIS TIME...LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
AND OTHER ELEVATED LOCATIONS ARE AT MOST RISK SINCE THE SURFACES OF
THESE STRUCTURES MAY REMAIN CLOSE TO FREEZING. LOCATIONS TO THE EAST
FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON TO HOUSTON TO PIERCE SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.