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 13, 7:55 AM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 855 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS STEADY INFLUX OF HIGH PW AIR ACROSS THE COAST. WINDS LIGHT BUT VEER TO WESTERLY ABOVE 700MB. SHOWERS ARE PREVALENT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATEERS AND SHOULD MIGRATE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING AND INTO THE METRO AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER NORTH TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA STILL FORECAST TO DRIFT SOUTH AND ENHANCE OUR RAIN CHANCES NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. EARLY AM FORECAST HAS THIS CAPTURED WELL SO NO CHANGES NEEDED THIS UPDATE. 30 && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 310 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005) DISCUSSION... GPSMET DATA SHOWS PWS AROUND 1.9 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SE TX EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER VALUES OF 1.7 TO 1.8 INCHES ACROSS OUR NRN ZONES. HOWEVER...RADAR QUIET SO FAR THIS MORNING WITH NOT MUCH ACTIVITY OVER THE WATERS. MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD A WETTER FORECAST WITH EACH RUN WITH TONIGHTS RUNS BEING NO EXCEPTION. BOTH GFS/ETA KEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY WITH PWS REMAINING AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES. ATMOSPHERE FORECAST TO REMAIN UNCAPPED WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPS ONLY IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 EACH DAY (A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN WEVE SEEN THE LAST FEW DAYS). WHAT SYNOPTIC FEATURES ARE PRESENT ARE VERY SUBTLE...BUT ENOUGH TO ACT TO ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AREA FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS OR SO. GFS SHOWS AN EAST-WEST ZONE OF WEAK 850 MB CONVERGENCE LINGERING FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA WESTWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. THIS COULD BE ANALYZED ON 00Z CHARTS TONIGHT AND DID ACT TO ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TO OUR NORTH ON TUESDAY AFTN. ALSO...GFS CONTINUES TO FORECAST THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING DEVELOPING TO OUR WEST OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS...WHICH WILL HELP TO INCREASE UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE OVER THE AREA ESPECIALLY AS WE GET TO FRIDAY. MESOSCALE SURFACE BOUNDARIES LIKE THE SEABREEZE AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT. WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING A MORE SATURATED COLUMN...THINK THE DOWNBURST THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FROM PREVIOUS DAYS SO WILL NOT MENTION IN HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. HOWEVER...WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SHORT-LIVED FUNNEL CLOUDS OR WATERSPOUTS AS IS OFTEN SEEN IN THIS TYPE OF AIRMASS. WILL ALSO MENTION THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 500 MB RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE EAST STARTING SUNDAY. GFS/ECMWF SHOWS A GRADUAL DRYING OF THE AIRMASS TAKING PLACE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL TAPER POPS DOWNWARD BEGINNING SUNDAY...GOING DOWN TO SLIGHT CHANCE BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. AS FOR TROPICAL STORM EMILY...OFFICIAL TPC FORECAST HAS THE STORM CENTERED TO THE SOUTH OF COZUMEL AT 06Z MONDAY. STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO WATCH. 35 MARINE... TIDES ARE UP 1.0 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. QUITE FRANKLY...AM AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN ELEVATED TIDES SINCE SWELLS FROM DENNIS HAVE FLATTENED OUT AND ARE NO LONGER PRODUCING ANY INFLUENCE. WINDS SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT NIGHT BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. SEA HEIGHTS 2 TO 4 FEET FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. 43 AVIATION... CONVECTIVE TEMPS AROUND 90 AND HIGH PWS WOULD INDICATE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY WITH TSRA AFFECTING TAF SITES DURING THE MORNING FOR GLS/LBX...EARLY AFTERNOON AT HOU AND MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IAH/CLL. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN BUT THINK WIND THREAT HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT. TAF SITES TO REMAIN VFR EXCEPT IN AND AROUND TSRA. 43 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 95 76 96 76 94 / 50 30 50 30 60 HOUSTON (IAH) 93 75 94 75 92 / 50 30 50 30 60 GALVESTON (GLS) 91 82 92 82 90 / 50 30 50 30 40 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .TX...NONE. .GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 700 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-141200- 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-WHARTON- 700 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SHORT-LIVED FUNNEL CLOUDS OR WATERSPOUTS TODAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. WATERSPOUTS ARE A HAZARD TO MARINERS AND SHOULD AVOIDED. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY. ISOLATED STORMS COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS... FEEDER ROADS...OR OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 232 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 TXZ213-227-237-238-132000- BRAZORIA-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS- 232 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN HARRIS COUNTY... AT 230 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN HARRIS FROM DOWNTOWN SOUTH TO HOBBY AIRPORT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY SURFACE WINDS NEAR 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large air conditioning units on a roof were shifted by the wind gust which allowed water to pour into a building and damage supplies belonging to a blood supply center. Location was on Knight Road near the Astrodome.
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