A late night squall line developed west of the area, raced eastward across mainly the northern half of southeast Texas and produced wind damage.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
A late night squall line developed west of the area, raced eastward across mainly the northern half of southeast Texas and produced wind damage.
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 Feb 10, 10:07 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1007 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
.UPDATE...
VERY THIN SQUALL LINE JUST PASSING OVER I-35 AND MAKING IT AS FAR
SOUTH AS MCMULLEN COUNTY IN WESTERN CRPS FA. WEAK ENOUGH 800-900
MB CAP WITH PLENTY OF DRY AIR/CAPE ABOVE IT TO KEEP A MORE SOUTHERN-
BASED SLIGHT SVR THREAT ALIVE. THUS...SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL
OTHER COUNTIES (INCLUDING LOCAL BAYS AND NEARSHORE GULF WATERS)
NOT IN TORNADO WATCH 12. 31
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 939 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/
UPDATE...
TORNADO WATCH 12 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BRAZOS...BURLESON...GRIMES...HOUSTON...MADISON...
POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...AND WALKER. 31
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 913 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/
DISCUSSION...
IMPRESSIVE SQUALL LINE EXTENDING AS FAR SOUTH AS THE HILL
COUNTRY...WITH A FEW DISTINCT BOWING REGIONS NORTH AND SOUTH OF
THE DFW METROPLEX...CURRENTLY TRAVELING DUE EASTWARD AT AROUND
35-40 KNOTS. AT THIS RATE...THIS WOULD PUT THIS QLCS AT OUR WESTERN
DOORSTEP AT AROUND MIDNIGHT. ATTM...ANY WEAK CAPPING ACROSS THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE...QUICKLY-ERODING (WITH
AMPLE MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES BEING REALIZED) AS THIS GRAVITY WAVE
PASSES ON BY. AFTER RE-ANALYSIS OF A CENTRAL TX 175 KT JET CORE/VERY
DIFFULENT 250MB PATTERN OVERLAID ON A VERY MOIST CONDITIONALLY
UNSTABLE LOWER LAYER...THE GRIDS TELL A PRETTY GOOD STORY. WILL
KEEP MENTION OF SEVERE IN NORTHERN ZONE WORDING AS THE MAIN THREAT
IS SHAPING UP TO BE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE CHANCE FOR
LARGE HAIL AND THE ISOLATED TORNADO (SUB-10K FT WET- BULB ZERO
HEIGHTS/HIGH 0-3KM SRH ON RECENT ROABS) ARE NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
THIS EVENINGS WINDS (ESP. THROUGH THE WESTERN CORRIDOR) HAVE
REMAINED IN THE 15-25G30+ KT RANGE. DUE TO THE CONTINUED TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS EASTERN TX...FEEL WIND ADVISORY SHOULD BE
EXTENDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT...OR UNTIL THIS THIN SQUALL LINE
ARRIVES. 31
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 51 76 46 75 56 / 100 10 0 10 10
HOUSTON (IAH) 54 73 47 74 55 / 70 20 0 10 10
GALVESTON (GLS) 60 71 58 68 60 / 50 20 0 10 10
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...
FORT BEND...GRIMES...JACKSON...MADISON...MATAGORDA...
WALLER...WASHINGTON...WHARTON.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: JACKSON...MATAGORDA.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...WATERS FROM FREEPORT
TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH
ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO
60 NM.
&&
DISCUSSION...31/39HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 328 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-110600- 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- 328 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN TIGHT RESULTING IN BRISK AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 9 PM FOR AREAS WEST OF A MADISONVILLE TO FREEPORT LINE. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...EVOLVING INTO A SQUALL LINE THAT WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. DUE TO STRONG SHEAR IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY RISK AREA WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO HOUSTON TO GALVESTON. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. A CAPPING INVERSION MAY LIMIT THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THE SQUALL LINE. .DAY TWO...WEDNESDAY... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND MATAGORDA COUNTIES...FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPID FIRE GROWTH IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT AROUND MID MORNING AND PERSIST BELOW 20 PERCENT UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. .DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION LATER TONIGHT.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:22 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds near Easterwood Field downed a few trees and damaged some vehicles.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees within 10 miles of Brenham.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines in and around Crockett.
Thunderstorm winds snapped numerous trees and telephone poles in the Grapeland area.
Thunderstorm winds downed some trees east of Crockett.
Thunderstorm winds downed power lines just outside of Trinity.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on a mobile home and split it in half. Two people were trapped inside, but were rescued without injury.
A 59 mph wind gust was measured at Sugar Land Regional Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2009
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: 146019, 146020, 146021, 146022, 146023, 146024, 146025, 146026.