1 thunderstorm wind, 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 1, 9:37 PM CST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
937 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006
.LATE EVENING DISCUSSION...
UPDATED ZFPHGX TAKING OFF TORNADO WATCH FOR REST OF THE EVENING.
UPPER LOW MOVING OVER CWFA REST OF TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO IGNITE
TSTMS NORTHERN ZONES WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT PROBABLY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. EXPECT PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT INLAND AREAS. ADJUSTED
1ST PERIOD TEMPS SLIGHTLY UPWARD.
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&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
WATCHING THE WESTERN ZONES, AND WAITING....IF SEVERE DOES REAR
ITS UGLY HEAD, CHANCES ARE THE MOST INSTABILITY LIES IN OUR
WESTERN ZONES. CRPS 17Z SOUNDING DEPICTING A STRONG 800-850
INVERSION, ONE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD A HARD TIME ERODING AS, EVEN
WITH SFC TEMPS FLIRTING WITH 80 AND CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE LOWER
70S, CONVECTION HAS BEEN VERY MEAGER AS THIS WOUND UP LOW TRAVELS
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TX. OPINION IS AS WE HEAD INTO THE 0Z SUNSET
HOUR THAT THE SEVERE THREAT IS DEFINITELY WANING OUT WEST. SLIGHT
CHANCE WITH UPPER LEVEL VENTILATION AND CORE LOW TRAVERSING OVER
NORTHERN CWA OVER NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, THAT CONVECTION COULD GET
ITS ACT TOGETHER FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES BEFORE 9 PMS
TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES, BUT NOT CONVINCED CAP CAN BE BROKEN THIS
LATE IN THE GAME. IF BROKEN, DECENT CAA MAY CREATE SOME ACTION,
WET BULB ZERO ISOTHERM NEAR 10 K FT WITH STEEP ENOUGH LAPSE RATES
AND +200 HELICITY TO RAISE THE HAIL/TORNADO THREAT GOING INTO
MIDNIGHT.
ALL IFS ASIDE, NO CHANGES EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW WITH MAIN
HEADLINE BEING PATCHY FOG AND OVERCAST MORN, AFTERNOON CLEARING
WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS IN THE COMFORTABLE MID 70S, LGT NW
BREEZES.
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&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
20 NM TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20
TO 60 NM.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 946 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-030345- 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- 943 PM CST WED FEB 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT AN UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AREAL COVERAGE WILL DECREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS IS STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 176 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were down on houses and roofs were blown off some buildings (tractor sheds).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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