1 tornado, 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, 8:57 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 957 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2006 .DISCUSSION...MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED HIGH PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING WITH A VERY WEAK BOUNDARY DRAPED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CWA EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA. RADAR IMAGES INDICATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN MATAGORDA AND JACKSON COUNTIES. BELIEVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEAK BOUNDARY THIS MORNING AND OUTFLOW FROM THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT. WILL ADJUST POPS SLIGHTLY LOWER BUT KEEP BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN SOUTH AND WEST TODAY. 32 && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 511 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2006) SOME STREAMER SHOWERS COMING IN FROM THE GULF AND A FEW SHOWERS STILL GOING ALONG THE FRONT NEAR INTERSTATE 10. WEAK VORT MAX SHOWING UP OVER EAST TEXAS NEAR LFK AND IT SHOULD TRACK INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. HAVE GENERALLY UPPED THE POPS FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA WHERE DEEPER/RICHER MOISTURE STILL RESIDES. WILL PROBABLY BE MAINLY SHOWERS THIS MORNING AND THEN SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES EXCEED 88 DEGREES. UPPER HIGH OVER WEST TEXAS WILL SAG A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTHEAST BEFORE WEAKENING BUT SHOULD END UP OVERHEAD BY TUESDAY MORNING. WOULD EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION THAT WE DO GET TO BE MAINLY TIED TO DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEABREEZE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SURGE OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN ZONES MONDAY AND TUESDAY. DIDNT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO PREVIOUS PACKAGE BEYOND WEDNESDAY EXCEPT FOR MINOR TWEAKS TO MINS. GFS HAS BACKED OFF FROM THE WAVE ARRIVING HERE WED/THU...DOESNT HAVE MUCH AS UPPER RIDGE OVERHEAD STRENGTHENING...I SHOULD HAVE BELIEVED THE ECMWF YESTERDAY INSTEAD OF GFS... NOTE...KHGX RADAR IS DOWN...TECHNICIANS WILL BE IN TODAY TO LOOK INTO THE OUTAGE. 45 AVIATION... LOW LEVEL CONFLUENT FLOW PRODUCING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS MAY LINGER ON FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED CB WITH CLOUD GROUP AND VCSH HOU AND TEMPO FOR -SHRA BOTH IAH/HOU EARLY THIS MORNING. CEILINGS TEMPORARILY MAY BE MVFR. LIGHT FOG SHOULD PERSIST OVER LBX BUT VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. MAINLY SCATTERED CEILINGS TODAY. MOISTURE LEVELS APPEARS TO BE RELATIVELY HIGH UP TO ABOUT 15 KFT AS PER EVENING SOUNDINGS. WE SHALL INCLUDE CB GROUP AGAIN FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR IAH/HOU/LBX. 37 MARINE... LIGHT NORTHEAST FLOW VEERING LATER TODAY AS SURFACE HIGH OVER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONTINUES SHIFTING TO THE EAST. ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE ESTABLISHED TONIGHT AND WILL THEN PERSIST FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TO TIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT MONDAY/TUESDAY WITH ONSHORE FLOW INCREASING SOMEWHAT AS A CONSEQUENCE. HOWEVER...WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS AT 4 FEET OR LOWER. 37 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 418 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-090930- 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- 418 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:26 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado caused no damage near the Intracoastal Bridge on Highway 124 near the Chambers-Galveston county line.
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