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NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 18, 2:03 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
303 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006
.DISCUSSION...
WILL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET...VERY IMPRESSIVE RAINFALL RATES
OCCURRING WITH THE INCOMING SWATH OF STORMS. RATES NEAR 4 PER
HOUR WHERE TRAINING GOING ON. GPS IPWV INDICATING SOME IMPRESSIVE
PW OF 2.2 TO 2.5 (2.6-2.9 VALUES DOWN NEAR CRP...PRECIP
CONTAMINATED) WILL KEEP THE POPS HIGH FOR THIS MORNING THEN DROP
THEM BACK DRAMATICALLY FOR THE AFTERNOON. THE FRONT STILL LAGGING
BUT THE MCV THAT IS APPROACHING COLORADO COUNTY SHOULD SWEEP
THROUGH AND TAKE MOST OF THE MOISTURE WITH IT...BUT PROBABLY NOT
ENOUGH TO RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED STORMS THAT
DEVELOP WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FRONT
SHOULD MOVE INTO THE GULF LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT IT WONT BE A
DRAMATIC FRONTAL PASSAGE AS THE CONVECTIVE COLD POOL WITH THIS
BAND OF STORMS THIS MORNING SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE AND START
SHUTTING DOWN THE MOIST INFLOW WITH OFFSHORE WINDS. PLEASANT
DAYS AHEAD TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE TRAVERSES
REGION...WITH WEAK RETURN FLOW THURSDAY. FRIDAY RAIN CHANCES
START GOING UP AS WARM SOUTHWEST FLOW BUMPS UP TEMPERATURES AND
ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS INTO TEXAS...IT SHOULD MOVE INTO SETX
FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING.
FLOOD WATCH STILL NEEDED FOR THIS MORNING. WILL LIKELY DO AN
UPDATE AROUND 7 AM TO SHEAR OFF SOME OF THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES
FROM THE FLOOD WATCH AND TO TWEAK POPS.
45/37/43/41
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 85 61 87 60 90 / 50 0 0 0 0
HOUSTON (IAH) 84 63 88 62 89 / 90 0 0 0 0
GALVESTON (GLS) 85 71 87 74 86 / 100 0 0 0 0
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: AUSTIN...
BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT
BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...
LIBERTY...MADISON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN
JACINTO...TRINITY...WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...AND
WHARTON.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...AND MATAGORDA BAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20
NM...AND WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM NOON MONDAY TO 7 PM
MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE
MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...AND WATERS FROM HIGH
ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY 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.
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FROM 7 PM MONDAY TO 7 AM
TUESDAY 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...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-181230- 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- 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .DAY ONE AND TWO...TONIGHT AND MONDAY A COMBINATION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LANE OVER MEXICO AND GULF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REGION WILL HELP TO FUEL NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL SHIFT EAST AND LIFT THIS MOISTURE NORTHWARDS WHILE DRIVING A COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT TO CAUSE A LARGE SWATH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE REGION AND SLOWLY TRAVERSE THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRINGING RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A MARGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAT VEER FROM SOUTH TO WEST WITH HEIGHT MAY LEAD TO A THREAT OF SHORT LIVED TORNADOES OR POSSIBLY MICROBURSTS. THE RAIN SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT PUSHES OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY THREE THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Utility pole and power lines downed.
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