1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 25, 6:05 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 605 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM LUFKIN TO HOUSTON TO PALACIOS AT 545 PM. SPC HAS ISSUED AN MCD FOR ERN ZONES FOR POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS. LAPS ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG FRONT JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON WITH LIS OF -4 TO -6 AND CAPES OF 1500 AHEAD OF FRONT. WILL UPDATE ZFP TO INCREASE POPS FOR SERN PART OF CWA AND ADD MENTION OF THUNDER. FRONT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF CWA BETWEEN 03 AND 04Z WITH THREAT OF CONVECTION ENDING AT THAT POINT. 35/30 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... WHILE THE FRONT HAS SLOWED SOME THIS AFTERNOON...IT IS STILL ON A CLIP TO HIT THE COASTAL ZONES AT/AROUND SUNSET. TEMPERATURE DROPS WITH FROPA HAVE BEEN IMPRESSIVE - RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 DEGREES F. THE WAVE THAT DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT APPEARS TO BE PUSHING THE SRN END OF THE BOUNDARY MORE THAN THE NRN HALF. OUT AHEAD OF (AND TO SOME EXTENT BEHIND) THE COLD FRONT...SHOWERS CAN BE FOUND (BUT NO LIGHTNING DETECTED SO FAR). WILL GO AHEAD AND KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR THE CENTRAL/COASTAL LOCALES FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING. THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR THIS PACKAGE APPEARS TO BE TIMING. THAT IS... WHEN THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD DECK WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT AND WHEN WE WILL SEE THE NEXT WX SYSTEM (IN THE EXTENDED). AS FOR THE CURRENT OVC DECK...SOME CLEARING IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT BUT EXPECT MOST OF THE CLEARING TO OCCUR EARLY TOMORROW AS THE UPPER RIDGE BECOMES A LITTLE BETTER ESTABLISHED. BUT HAVING SAID THAT THIS RIDGE NEVER SEEMS TO SETTLE IN PROPERLY DURING THE WEEK (PER THE LATEST PROGS) AND APPEARS TO REMAIN A BIT ON THE FLAT SIDE. AND WITH THE SLOWER CLEARING TREND...TOMORROW NIGHT LOOKS TO BE A TAD COLDER THAN TO- NIGHT. AT THE SFC...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST THURS- DAY WE SHOULD SEE A RETURN OF ONSHORE WINDS AT THAT TIME. FOR THE EXTENDED (IF THE LONG RANGE PROGS ARE ANY WHERE NEAR CORRECT) THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND LOOKS QUITE WET. 41/45/37 .HGX...SCA BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS 0-60 NM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PRELIMS... CLL EB 045/066 042/070 048 100 IAH EB 048/067 044/072 049 700 GLS EB 055/065 051/068 056 700
TXZ164-178-179-199-200-213-214-237-238-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 805 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1 AM. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM TRINITY TO HOUSTON TO LAKE JACKSON. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...TRINITY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...MONTGOMERY...HARRIS...BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...LIBERTY...AND CHAMBERS. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GROVETON...CORRIGAN... LIVINGSTON...COLDSPRING...CONROE...HOUSTON...LIBERTY...ANAHUAC... GALVESTON...AND LAKE JACKSON. A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END LATER THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE INSIDE TO A REINFORCED STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 174 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:16 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter to half dollar sized Hail (1.00" to 1.50") was reported by Co-op Observer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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