A lightning strike damaged a home in El Campo.
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A lightning strike damaged a home in El Campo.
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NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 11:51 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1251 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... THE MCS OFF THE COAST WAS PUSHING INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. WILL KEEP A MENTION OF THUNDER FROM THE SYSTEM IN THE KGLS AND KLBX TERMINALS THROUGH 21Z AND 20Z RESPECTIVELY. OTHERWISE...THE LATEST 4KM WRF AND THE LATEST NAM KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE FROM ABOUT 21Z THROUGH ABOUT 02Z FOR MOST LOCATIONS. THE AIRMASS DOES LOOK TO BE WORKED OVER BUT THE SKIES MAY CLEAR OUT ENOUGH FOR SOME CONVECTION TO REGENERATE. THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN WAS FOG POSSIBILITIES...SOME OF THE GUIDANCE WAS HINTING AT FOG JUST INLAND OF THE COAST LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AROUND SUNRISE. ALL IN ALL...THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON IS MODERATE AT BEST. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE MODELS WERE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC IN THAT ASSESSMENT AND KEPT PRECIP OUT OF THE AVIATION FORECAST AFTER THE EARLY EVENING PERIOD. 40 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 925 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009/ DISCUSSION... READJUSTED THE FCST TO FOCUS POPS FURTHER SOUTH. STORMS NOW FOCUSING ON OUTFLOW FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS AS WELL AS LANDBREEZE/SEABREEZE CONVERGENT ZONE NEAR MATAGORDA BAY. EXTENSIVE DEBRIS BLOW OFF SHOULD LIMIT HEATING DOWNSTREAM FOR A COUPLE HOURS BUT MAY SEE SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR SWD LATER THIS MORNING. SOUNDING PARAMETERS (AND ONGOING RADAR) TRENDS SHOW THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. TRAINING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. APPEARS THE 4KM WRF HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. WILL WATCH TRENDS NEXT COUPLE HOURS...BUT MAY NEED TO DO AN UPDATE TO REDUCE POPS AREAWIDE DURING THE AFTN WITH IT SHOWING THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY CLUSTERING UP OFFSHORE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. 47 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 87 67 86 63 90 / 40 10 20 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 88 69 87 64 90 / 60 20 20 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 84 72 84 71 87 / 60 20 20 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...47 AVIATION/MARINE...40
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 937 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-281445- 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- 937 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS IN NORTH TEXAS LAST NIGHT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVERALL STORM COVERAGE SHOULD BE MORE ISOLATED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 WITH AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN JACKSON...MATAGORDA AND JACKSON COUNTIES WHERE TRAINING RAINS ARE MOST FAVORABLE. MARINERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG STORMS AS WELL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1114 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 TXZ200-210>214-226-227-235>238-271800- LIBERTY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER-HARRIS-CHAMBERS-WHARTON-FORT BEND- JACKSON-MATAGORDA-BRAZORIA-GALVESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...CLEVELAND...DAYTON... COLUMBUS...EAGLE LAKE...WEIMAR...SEALY...BELLVILLE...HEMPSTEAD... PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL... HUMBLE...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...EL CAMPO...WHARTON... PIERCE...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG... EDNA...BAY CITY...PALACIOS...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...ALVIN... ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...FRIENDSWOOD... GALVESTON 1114 AM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING LIKELY THROUGH NOON... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY FROM A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CENTERED OFF THE COAST BETWEEN MATAGORDA AND FREEPORT. THE LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLY MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DOWNTOWN HOUSTON TO EL CAMPO. BY NOON THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO WELL OFFSHORE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 PM. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING...STAY INDOORS OR INSIDE A NON CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1240 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 65 SE MATAGORDA 27.92N 95.35W
05/27/2009 M60 MPH GMZ370 XX BUOY
37G52KT AT BUOY 42019. STRONGEST PART OF STORM PASSED
ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF THE BUOY.
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47The Houston radar (KHGX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike produced significant damage to a home in El Campo. The lightning struck a tree in the backayrd and traveled along the ground to the home. The sheetrock was destroyed along two interior walls of the home.
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