A series of storms and outflow boundaries originating to the north and northeast of our area moved to the southwest and generated some strong winds across portions of southeast Texas.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
A series of storms and outflow boundaries originating to the north and northeast of our area moved to the southwest and generated some strong winds across portions of southeast Texas.
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 Aug 3, 12:16 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 116 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 .UPDATE... UPDATE FORTHCOMING TO INCLUDE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM. 40 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1046 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008/ DISCUSSION... THE MESO HIGH THAT WAS BEHIND THE EARLIER MCS HAS MOVED OVER SE TX LATE THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE HIGH TO QUICKLY PUSH SOUTHWARD WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS RETURNING TO THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TWO ITEMS OF CONCERN FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND MAINLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. PERSISTENCE...TRENDS...AND THE MOS GUIDANCE ALL SUGGEST THAT HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTHWESTERN THIRD OF COUNTIES WILL REACH CLOSE TO THE HIGH RECORDED YESTERDAY...BETWEEN 100 AND 103. HIGHS LOOK TO REACH THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 OVER THE CENTRAL SET OF COUNTIES...WHILE THOSE AT THE COAST MAY GET SOME RELIEF OF THE CLOUD COVER CAN PERSIST. HOWEVER...WITH SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS THESE MAY REACH INTO THE LOWER 90S. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS PRETTY WORKED OVER FROM THE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION. HOWEVER...LOOKING BACK TOWARD MS AND EASTERN LA... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING. THE 4 KM WRF AND THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND NAM ALL INDICATE THESE WILL PUSH SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SE TX LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. THE 12Z JAN AND SHV SOUNDINGS BOTH AGREE WITH THE NAM BUFR AND GFS BUFR IN DEVELOPING AN INVERTED V SOUNDING BY MID AFTERNOON AS THE TEMPERATURES WARM TOWARD 100. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL GO WITH ISOLATED CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE SOUNDING WILL UPDATE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK TO INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS. WILL REASSESS THE POPS FOR TONIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. 40 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 103 76 102 76 96 / 30 40 10 10 50 HOUSTON (IAH) 99 76 98 77 91 / 60 50 20 40 60 GALVESTON (GLS) 92 80 89 81 87 / 30 30 30 50 60 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1127 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-041300- 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- 1127 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING EAST OF INTERSTATE 45... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BY THE MID AFTERNOON...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 45. IN ADDITION...A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE EASTERN COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AS THE TEMPERATURES REACH INTO THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG WINDS TO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH. .DAYS TWO AND THREE...MONDAY AND TUESDAY AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA COAST IS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT. THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS SENDING A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE TO INVESTIGATE THE SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WESTWARD FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND MOVE INLAND ALONG THE MID OR UPPER TEXAS COAST ON TUESDAY. MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RESULT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. MARINERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. .DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed large trees and caused extensive damage to the Lake Wildwood subdivision. Some trees fell on vehicles and homes. A ninety year old man was injured when one of the trees fell on a house.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines north of Interstate 10 across Speights Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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