Rip currents were blamed for a drowning fatality at the Galveston Island jetties.
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Rip currents were blamed for a drowning fatality at the Galveston Island jetties.
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 14, 5:04 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 604 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 .UPDATE... CONVECTION ACROSS SE TX HAS DISSIPATED RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY IS SHOWING SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT PUSHING INTO THE AREA WITH SOME SUBSIDENCE DUE TO THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. CONVECTION IS NOT EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE A FEW SHOWERS THAT MOVE INLAND OFF THE GULF LATER TONIGHT BUT THAT IS IN DOUBT AS WELL. FORECAST WILL KEEP SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. UPDATED FORECAST HAS BEEN ISSUED AND A FEW MORE CHANGES TO THE PRECIP FORECAST MAY BE MADE LATER TONIGHT. 39/OVERPECK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 253 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008/ DISCUSSION... THE BULK OF THE PCPN HAS REMAINED OVER THE SE PORTIONS OF THE CWA SO FAR THIS AFTN AND THE OUTFLOW APPROACHING FROM THE NE DOES AP- PEAR TO HAVE SLOWED DOWN SOME. AS SUCH MAY LOWER POPS A TOUCH FOR THE EVENING HOURS. A SLIGHTLY STRONGER CAP PROGGED TO BE IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW SO HAVE CONFINED POPS FOR MAINLY THE LATE AFTN/EARLY EVENING HOURS. THEREAFTER MODELS CONTINUING TO HINT AT THE DEVEL- OPMENT OF THE UPPER RIDGE OUT WEST AND AN INCREASINGLY NNWLY FLOW ALOFT FOR MOST OF SE TX FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THUS THE POPS PART OF THE FCST WILL DEPEND UPON THE TIMING/STRENGTH OF THE VARIOUS S/WVS MOVING DOWN. CURRENT GRIDS/TRENDS OF MAINLY AFTN TO EVENING PCPN LOOKS GOOD ATTM (WITH DEVELOPMENT AIDED BY PEAK AFTN HEATING/SEABREEZE ACTIVITY/ETC). 41 AVIATION... SCATTERED TSRA WILL PERSIST FROM HOUSTON TERMINALS NORTHWARD THROUGH SUNSET WITH SEABREEZE AND SFC OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PROVIDING FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT. HAVE PLACED VCTS IN MOST OF THE TAFS THROUGH 01Z. OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION EXPECTED SCATTERED 4-6KFT CU THIS AFTN. SKIES WILL BECOME CLEAR AT SUNSET...WITH PATCHY MVFR FOG EXPECTED AT RURAL TERMINALS 10-14Z SATURDAY. UPPER RIDGING STRENGTHENS SUNDAY RESULTING IN MORE SUBSIDENCE AND LESS CONVECTIVE COVERAGE FOR THE AREA. 35 MARINE... SUMMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SFC RIDGE OVER THE GULF AND SE TX WILL KEEP WIND SPEEDS FAIRLY LIGHT. OVER THE 00 TO 60 NM WATERS THE HIGHEST SPEEDS WILL OCCUR AT NIGHT (10-15 KTS) WITH LOWEST SPEEDS DURING THE AFTN (5-10 KTS). THE BAYS WILL SEE JUST THE OPPOSITE. SEAS WILL RUN 2 TO 4 FEET. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED BY NEXT WEEKEND AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS UP A BIT. ONLY A FEW ISOLATED MAINLY LATE NIGHT/MORNING SHOWERS EXPECTED. 35 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 74 97 74 97 74 / 10 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 74 95 75 95 75 / 10 20 10 20 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 80 91 80 91 80 / 10 20 20 20 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 318 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-151200- 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- 318 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Rip currents claimed the life of a twenty year old male on the northeast corner of the jetty at 17th street and Seawall Boulevard off Galveston Island.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Galveston | 2008-06-14 | 21 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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