1 tornado, 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 Feb 24, 8:45 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 845 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW APPROACHING SE TX THIS EVENING. 25H WINDS ARE STRONGLY DIVERGENT AND WITH PWS AOA 1.15 INCHES...THINK SHRAS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALL NIGHT. THINK CURRENT HIGH POPS ARE REASONABLE ALTHO WILL TWEAK POPS SLIGHTLY LOWER NEAR THE COAST. SEVERE THREAT IS MINIMAL ALTHO SMALL HAIL STILL POSSIBLE. WILL PULL SEVERE WORDING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. TEMP FCST IS TRICKY AND WILL TREND CENTRAL AND COAST WARMER. HAVE DROPPED CAUTION FOR 0-20 TONIGHT BUT STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY REQUIRE MORE FLAGS ON THE WATER. NEW ZONES OUT BY 915 PM. 43/40 PREVIOUS: STORMS BEHAVING THEMSELVES...THUS FAR. HAVE ONLY ISSUED A SMW THIS AFTN WITH THIS CURRENT S/W. PER RADAR TRENDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS HIGH TONIGHT...ALONG WITH THE MENTION OF SEVERE FOR THE STILL APPROACHING UPPER LOW. ALTHOUGH... THIS THREAT MAY BE DIMINISHED MORESO IN THE POSTSTORM ENVIRONMENT. WILL EXPOUND ON THIS FURTHER WITH A RE-ISSUED HWO LATER THIS AFTN. WRAP AROUND CLOUDS/MOISTURE WILL KEEP POPS/CLOUDS IN THE FCST THRU THE EARLY PART OF WEDNESDAY (DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT TONITE). CLEARING SKIES PROGGED BY TOMORROW AFTN AS THE LOW FINAL- LY MOVES AWAY. BUILDING RIDGE ALOFT AND AT THE SFC TO BRING QUIET/ COOLER/DRIER CONDITIONS THEREAFTER AND ON THRU FRIDAY. SOME DIFFER- ENCES BEGINNING TO SHOW UP ON LONG RANGE PROGS CONCERNING THE NEXT UPPER TROF/LOW COMBO. MRF APPEARS A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THIS SYSTEM THAN THE ECMWF WHICH KEEPS SE TX UNDER A MORE TROFFY REGIME. FOR NOW WILL LEAN A BIT MORE ON THE ECMWF SIDE AND ADD LOW POPS IN THRU MOST (IF NOT ALL) OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS. HOPEFULLY...LATTER RUNS WILL ADD MORE CLARITY TO THE UPCOMING FCST PICTURE. 41/45 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SCEC 20-60 NM. && .NEW PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 49 50 34 60 35/ 60 40 00 00 00 HOUSTON (IAH) 50 51 34 61 36/ 50 40 00 00 00 GALVESTON (GLS) 53 52 41 57 46/ 50 40 00 00 00 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 601 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 GMZ330-335-350-355-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238- 250900- 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 OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 601 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURE WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH MID-EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A POOL OF COLD AIR ALOFT WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THESE STORMS LATER TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Several homes received minor damage by A&M High School at intersection of Pheasant and West Ridge.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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