1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jul 4, 8:50 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
950 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006
.DISCUSSION...
NO SURPRISES ON THE NEARBY MORNING SOUNDINGS AS AIRMASS REMAINS
PLENTY MOIST. NE MOVING BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING UP THE COAST WILL
BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR SHRA/TSTM TODAY. LUCKILY...THIS BOUNDARY IS
MOVING AT 20-25 MPH...AND IF IT CONTINUES TO DO SO I THINK THE
FLOOD/FF THREAT WILL BE MINIMAL. WILL STILL SEE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND THE USUAL URBAN ROADWAYS THAT POOL WATER IN THESE
SITUATIONS COULD STILL BE A HAZARD. RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE ENHANCED
SOMEWHAT NEAR THE COAST WHERE SFC TROF AXIS REMAINS PARKED. PROBLEMS
WILL ARISE IF THE BOUNDARY DECIDES TO SLOW DOWN AND WE GET A NEARLY
STATIONARY FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR HEAVY RAINFALL (WHICH IT CURRENTLY
SHOWS NO SIGNS OF DOING). THINK THE ONGOING FCST IS IN PRETTY GOOD
SHAPE AND WILL JUST MAKE SOME MINOR TWEAKS BASED ON LATEST
OBS/TRENDS. 47
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 85 73 85 73 87 / 70 50 70 50 50
HOUSTON (IAH) 84 75 81 75 88 / 70 50 70 50 50
GALVESTON (GLS) 86 78 81 78 85 / 70 50 70 40 50
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AUSTIN...
BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...
HARRIS...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA...WALLER...AND
WHARTON.
GM...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 656 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-051300- 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- 656 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TO 6 PM TODAY FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. THE GREATEST RAINFALL POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM BELLVILLE TO SPRING TO CLEVELAND. AVERAGE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THESE LOCATIONS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IN AREAS WHERE RAINFALL RATES APPROACH 3 INCHES PER HOUR WITH REPEATING STORMS...AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY .DAYS TWO AND THREE...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS. IF ORGANIZED BANDS OF STORMS DEVELOP...ADDITIONAL BOUTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL APPEARS LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LOW IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT OFF THE COAST THURSDAY AND END THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT. .DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE WEEKEND AND BECOME MORE ISOLATED BY MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strike caused a fire that damaged a home.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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