Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT for Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
County Waller County, TX
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 7, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 332 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH IN AREAL COVERAGE WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS EVENING. IN THE MEANTIME...SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE ISOLATED STRONGER CELLS. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE INVERTED TROF THAT HAS SLOWLY BEEN TRAVELING THE NRN GULF COAST FURTHER WWD INTO THE UPPER TX COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT & SUN. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHRA/TSTMS TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD MORNING IN THE WATERS AND NEAR THE COAST. THEN AS YOU ADD DAYTIME HEATING, LOW CONVECTIVE TEMPS AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE TO THE EQUATION - EXPECT SCT ACTIVITY TO SPREAD INLAND AND INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THRU THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. RINSE AND REPEAT QUITE POSSIBLY FOR THE NEXT 6-10 DAYS AS A TROF/SHEAR AXIS/WEAKNESS IN THE MID LEVEL RIDGE GRADUALLY TAKES SHAPE BY MIDWEEK AND WAFFLES ABOUT FROM THE GREAT LAKES-MS VALLEY-S TX AREA. IN THE SHORT TERM INTO THE EARLY WEEK PERIOD IT APPEARS BEST MOISTURE WILL BE SITUATED ALONG & NORTH OF I-10. SOME MODELS ARE STILL TRYING TO BRING A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO TX AND STALL IT AS FAR S AS THE CLL AREA TUE/WED. THIS WOULD ALSO BRING A FOCUS FOR HEAVIER PRECIP. NOT EXACTLY CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUCH A SCENARIO IN JULY - BUT STRANGER THINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT. REGARDLESS...STORM STEERING FLOW REMAINS FAIRLY WEAK SO ALSO NEED TO WATCH FOR THE SLOWER MOVING STRONGER CELLS TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. 47 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 76 93 76 91 74 / 40 50 30 50 30 HOUSTON (IAH) 77 92 76 90 75 / 40 50 30 50 30 GALVESTON (GLS) 81 90 81 90 81 / 50 50 50 50 50 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:51 AM CDT, 10 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 651 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-081200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 651 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A RAINY WET PERIOD ON TAP THIS WEEK. VERY MOIST AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE AREA WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING IN FROM THE EAST WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON. A WEAK COLD FRONT NEARS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND COULD HELP TO FOCUS HEAVIER RAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
244 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
TXZ178-179-200-072045-
SAN JANCINTO TX-POLK TX-LIBERTY TX-
244 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAN JACINTO...
SOUTH CENTRAL POLK AND NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...
AT 236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF
THICKET...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCALIZED
1 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PLUM GROVE...NORTH CLEVELAND AND DAYTON LAKES.
LAT...LON 3000 9502 3046 9521 3051 9486 3050 9486
3049 9473 3026 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 66DEG 14KT 3038 9481Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
317 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
TXZ179-072100-
POLK TX-
317 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY UNTIL 400
PM CDT...
AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST POLK
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIVINGSTON...MOSCOW...CORRIGAN AND SEVEN OAKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3101 9465 3084 9462 3058 9485 3084 9514
3113 9479 3110 9474 3111 9471 3109 9466
3110 9465 3109 9464 3106 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 51DEG 13KT 3090 9479Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
526 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 ENE KENNARD 31.37N 95.15W
07/07/2012 HOUSTON TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN BETWEEN KENNARD AND RATCLIFF.
&&
BHSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 5:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON
TX 546 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
TXZ212-213-227-072330-
HARRIS TX-FORT BEND TX-WALLER TX-
546 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM WALLER TO 6 MILES NORTH OF MISSION BEND TO WEST UNIVERSITY
PLACE TO DEER PARK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRAIRIE VIEW
TO 7 MILES WEST OF BUNKER HILL VILLAGE TO BELLAIRE TO PASADENA...
AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO THE SOUTHWEST.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOUSTON...PASADENA...MISSOURI CITY...DEER PARK...MISSION BEND...
SUGAR LAND...FIRST COLONY...BELLAIRE...SOUTH HOUSTON...PECAN GROVE...
WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...KATY...GALENA PARK...JACINTO CITY...
STAFFORD...TOWN WEST...MEADOWS...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...PRAIRIE
VIEW AND BUNKER HILL VILLAGE.
LAT...LON 2976 9497 2958 9513 2958 9526 2960 9528
2960 9533 2957 9542 2957 9564 2964 9585
2993 9613 2994 9610 2996 9612 2996 9610
3000 9610 3001 9609 3006 9614 3017 9589
2984 9557 2977 9536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 49DEG 13KT 3006 9591 2979 9565 2972 9544
2971 9513The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 43 min |
| Jul 7, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.