1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 9:01 AM CST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1001 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN OVER SE TX THIS MORNING WAS A BIT COMPLICATED. THERE WAS A WEAK LOW AT 300 AND 500 MB OVER E TX AND A 200 MB TROUGH ACROSS E TX THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO TO NEAR THE YUCATAN. THE FORECAST PROBLEM OF THE DAY IS RAIN COVERAGE. THE UPPER LOW LOCATED OVER E TX SHOULD DRIFT SOUTHWARD TODAY. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR EAST OF THE LOW AND THE TROUGH OVER THE GULF. SE TX WILL BE GENERALLY UNDER THE SUBSIDENT ZONE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER HIGH OVER MEXICO. HOWEVER...THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES WILL COME UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW AND THE COASTAL COUNTIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SEA BREEZE. WILL UP POPS A BIT FOR CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...AND LIBERTY COUNTIES DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW. POPS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SE TX LOOK OKAY. IN THE NORTHWEST FEEL THAT THE SUBSIDENT ALOFT WILL SUPPRESS RAIN CHANCES THERE AND WILL DROP POPS THERE TO ISOLATED. PL-40 45 31/99 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && .PREV PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 94 75 90 73 91 / 30 20 50 20 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 94 75 88 74 88 / 30 20 50 30 50 GALVESTON (GLS) 89 80 86 79 86 / 30 30 60 30 50 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 600 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-091200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY- POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 600 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS. EXPECT A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER IN THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES FARTHER WEST OF OUR REGION. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large pecan and oak trees snapped at Westview and Campbell Roads.
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