Early morning isolated thunderstorms developed and moved northeast across coastal Matagorda County.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Early morning isolated thunderstorms developed and moved northeast across coastal Matagorda County.
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 Jun 5, 6:51 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 751 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 .DISCUSSION... LOOKS LIKE THE QUIET WX WILL START ABOUT A DAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. ONE LAST S/WV MOVING DOWN THE NWLY FLOW ALOFT SHOULD MISS THE CWA (HEADING MORE TOWARD THE LOWER TX COAST BY THIS AFTN). THEREAFTER A MORE ZONAL FLOW TO GIVE WAY TO THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE EAST. THIS FEATURE TO PUT THE KIBOSH ON PCPN CHANCES FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE NEAR FUTURE (OR AT LEAST THROUGH THIS WEEKEND). GLS HINTING AT SOME LOW/WIDESPREAD QPFS ON FRI...BUT WITH PROGGED HEIGHTS/THICKNESSES WILL OPT TO KEEP THINGS DRY. AS SUCH THE MAIN FCST PROBLEM THESE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE THE HEAT/HIGHISH RHS AS THE ONSHORE FLOW DEEPENS. EXTENDED GUIDANCE STILL GOING WITH A CHANGE IN THE PATTERN EARLY NEXT WEEK (AOA TUE/WED) AS A WEAKNESS DEVELOPS IN THE RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE REGION. THIS SHOULD OPEN THE GULF FURTHER FOR THE MID/END OF NEXT WEEK. 41 && .MARINE... SQUALL LINE MOVING INTO THE COASTAL BEND AND SOUTH TEXAS MIGHT GRAZE THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST WATERS THIS MORNING. HAVE GONE ON THE DRY SIDE AND HELD OFF ANY MENTION OF STORMS ON THE WATER. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO COME AROUND TO THE SOUTH BY WEDNESDAY MORNING THEN INCREASE AS LLJ INTENSIFIES OVER TX. SCECS LOOK LIKELY BY THURSDAY AND SCA MAY BE NEEDED AS SEAS BUILD. GRADIENTS RELAX A BIT MONDAY. 45 && .AVIATION... STORMS WAY OFF TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE TERMINALS AND MOVING SOUTHEAST WITH SFC GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. HAVE PARED BACK MENTION OF VCTS AND JUST HAVE SOME CB MENTIONED WHERE THE SEABREEZE AND W/NW FLOW MEET UP...IAH/HOU..SGR LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. VFR FOLLOWS...SOME PATCHY BR/1500FT AFTER 09Z. 45 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 91 72 94 76 94 / 10 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 92 73 93 77 93 / 10 10 10 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 88 77 88 80 88 / 10 10 10 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 620 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-061130- 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- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 620 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2007 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:59 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 52 year old male was struck by lightning and injured while lying on the beach a few miles southwest of the Colorado River mouth.
Lightning struck a home on the 200 block of Peppermint Drive casing a fire. The home was saved with significant roof and upstairs interior burn damage and some lower floor water damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 36228, 39079.