Outer rain bands from Hurricane Dolly produced a funnel cloud.
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Outer rain bands from Hurricane Dolly produced a funnel cloud.
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 23, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
256 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
.DISCUSSION...
RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH DOLLY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CWFA THIS
AFTERNOON. RADAR RAINFALL TOTALS INDICATE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
JUST WEST OF BAY CITY AND NEAR PALACIOS ABOUT 2.4 INCHES. REST OF
CWFA (MAINLY SOUTHERN HALF INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/8 TO
NEAR AN INCH). RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE LOWER TONIGHT EXCEPT LIKELY
FOR SW ZONES WHERE RAIN BANDS WILL BE MORE FREQUENT (COMING FROM
THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST). MODELS DO INDICATE A CONTINUED GOOD CHANGE
OF RAIN TOMORROW WITH PW VALUES REMAINING HIGH. HOWEVER THE NORTHEAST
ZONES PROBABLY WILL HAVE LOWER POPS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE REST
OF THE NORTHERN ZONES DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY
OF UPPER RIDGE. UPPER HIGH WILL START TO RIDGE OVER OUR CWFA THE
END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND SQUELCHING RAIN CHANCES WITH
INCREASING MID/UPPER LEVEL SUBSIDENCE. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BE
IN STORE FOR US DURING THIS PERIOD. UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
WEAKEN BY TUESDAY NEXT WEEK AS AN INVERTED UPPER TROUGH APPROACH
OUR REGION FROM THE EAST. GFS INDICATE PW VALUES STARTING TO INCREASE
MID TO LATTER PERIOD OF NEXT WEEK. 37
&&
.AVIATION...
SCT/BKN DECK AROUND 2500 FT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS IN
RAIN BANDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. LOOKING AS THOUGH HEATING
STARTING TO AID DEVELOPMENT SO HAVE GONE WITH TEMPO 18-22Z FOR MOST
TERMINALS. EXPECTING TO GET A LULL AFTER 00Z THEN REDEVELOPING AS
DOLLY MOVES WEST INTO SOUTH TEXAS...TIME FRAME FROM 03-12Z AM
EXPECTING MORE SHRA TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF AND TRACK WEST ACROSS
MAINLY THE SOUTHERLY TERMINALS. RAIN CHANCES GOING UP AFTER 12Z.
EASTERLY FLOW COULD LEAD TO SOME LOWER CIGS 1000-1500 OVC AT TIMES
FOR CXO/UTS/CLL TONIGHT.
45
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 76 89 75 94 74 / 40 50 20 20 10
HOUSTON (IAH) 76 88 76 93 75 / 50 60 20 20 20
GALVESTON (GLS) 79 86 79 90 81 / 60 60 20 20 20
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...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.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1155 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-241200- 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- 1155 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ...CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH FOR BRAZORIA COUNTY. TORNADO WATCH FOR JACKSON/MATAGORDA AND WHARTON COUNTIES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM DOLLY WILL WORK THEIR WAY WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. EXPECT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WHERE ANY RAIN BAND TRAINING SETS UP. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE MARINE AREA WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG WINDS...HIGH SEAS AND SURF. RECREATIONAL BOATING AND SWIMMING IN THE COASTAL WATERS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. .DAY TWO...THURSDAY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHERE TRAINING SETS UP AGAIN. RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS A WEAKENED DOLLY MOVES FURTHER INLAND AND AWAY FROM OUR AREA. .DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The outer rain bands of Hurricane Dolly produced a funnel cloud that was sighted close to the intersection of the Colorado River and the Intracoastal Waterway.
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