A large complex of showers and thunderstorms raced northward out of the Gulf of Mexico associated with an upper level disturbance. This activity generated mostly strong winds across the area.
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A large complex of showers and thunderstorms raced northward out of the Gulf of Mexico associated with an upper level disturbance. This activity generated mostly strong winds across the area.
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 8, 6:36 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 736 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 .UPDATE... WITH THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING A BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH THAN EARLIER EXPECTED...EXPANDED THE LIKELY POPS FOR THIS MORNING. 40 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 635 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010/ AVIATION... MESOSCALE VORT HAS DEVELOPED OVER DEEP SOUTH TX AND WILL PUSH NORTH THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF SE TX THIS MORNING. LARGE COMPLEX OF SHRA/TSRA NEAR KVCT WILL LIKELY EXPAND AND AFFECT AREAS WEST OF KCLL-KIAH LINE THIS MORNING. WILL HAVE VCTS IN THE TAFS BEGINNING 15Z. SCATTERED TSRA DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTN. STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH REDUCES VISIBILITIES BELOW 2SM. BKN CEILINGS OF 2500-3500 FT LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING. UPPER LOW WILL PASS WEST OF SE TX TONIGHT/WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK THIS EVENING EXPECT TSRA TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY. MVFR CEILINGS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. WINDS SHOULD STAY STRONG ENOUGH TONIGHT TO PRECLUDE ANY FOG DEVELOPMENT. 35 IMPORTANT NOTE...THE KLBX TAF WILL REMAIN NIL UNTIL THE ASOS IS RESTORED. THE ESTIMATED TIME ASOS WILL BE RESTORED IS SOMETIME DURING THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 556 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010/ UPDATE... UPDATE TO ADD MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY TO THOSE LOCATIONS WITH LIKELY POPS. 40 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 459 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010/ DISCUSSION... THE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTH TEXAS IS FORECAST BY ALL THE MODELS TO GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHWARD TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND COLLEGE STATION BY TONIGHT. FROM THERE THE 00Z MODELS HINT AT THE LOW BRIEFLY BECOMING NEARLY STATIONARY OR MEANDERING WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE THEN LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE KTXK AREA AND OUT OF THE STATE LATE THURSDAY. THE MODELS ARE COMING MORE IN LINE WITH RAINFALL AS WOULD BE EXPECTED WITH AN UPPER LOW SO CLOSE BY TO THE WEST. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX ASSOCIATED WITH AN MCV WAS PUSHING NORTHWARD THROUGH THE MID TEXAS COASTAL BEND EARLY THIS MORNING IS ON TRACK TO AFFECT THE SOUTHWESTERN SET OF COUNTIES THIS MORNING. THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH AT LEAST SCATTERED STORMS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. THE NAM AND GFS BOTH FORECAST THE CHANCE OF STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES IN THE VICINITY OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES. FELT THAT THE MODELS WERE CORRECT FOR LIKELY RAIN CHANCES ON WEDNESDAY GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THE LOW. AS THE LOW THEN SHEARS OUT AND MOVES NORTHEAST OF TEXAS...A MID LEVEL RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO NEAR THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS MORE SUMMER TIME PATTERN WILL BRING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES INTO AT LEAST THE LOWER 90S OVER THE INLAND AREAS. EACH MODEL DIFFERED ON HOW DEEPER LAYER MOISTURE MOVED AROUND THE RIDGE AND INTO SE TX FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEY ALSO DIFFERED ON HOW WARM THE MID LAYERS GET...WITH THE GFS COOLER AND MORE MOIST AND THE ECMWF WARMER AND DRIER. COULD NOT RULE OUT SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY EACH DAY AND KEPT DAYTIME ISOLATED RAIN CHANCES IN PLACE. 40 MARINE... LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE EASTERN GULF. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL RESULT IN ENHANCED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY. LOCALIZED STRONGER WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS ARE LIKELY IN SOME OF THE STORMS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE SRN PLAINS. SCEC CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE 00-60 NM WATERS MAINLY AT NIGHT BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SCA CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 35 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 89 78 87 76 92 / 40 50 60 40 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 88 77 88 77 91 / 40 30 60 20 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 87 80 87 81 88 / 40 40 50 20 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...40 AVIATION/MARINE...35
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 551 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 GMZ330-335-350-355-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-091300- 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 OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 551 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO RICHMOND TO PALACIOS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAY TWO...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY AS AN UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD FROM SOUTH TEXAS TO JUST WEST OR INTO THE VICINITY OF THE BRENHAM AND CALDWELL AREAS BY LATE WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MADISONVILLE TO COLUMBUS. .DAY THREE...THURSDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE AREA...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY UNDER ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MAINLY FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
914 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010
TXZ226-235>237-081515-
BRAZORIA-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-WHARTON-
914 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...
AT 910 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VANDERBILT TO THE SOUTH
NUCLEAR PLANT TO NEAR MATAGORDA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH.
WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR
PLANT...MORALES...MIDFIELD...LOUISE...LAKE TEXANA DAM...DANEVANG...
CORDELE...BLESSING...WEST COLUMBIA...SWEENY...RICHWOOD...QUINTANA...
LAKE JACKSON...LA WARD...FREEPORT...EL CAMPO...EDNA...CLUTE AND BAY
CITY.
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS TO
BLOW AROUND. AVOID TALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN ATTRACT LIGHTNING.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS AND HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE OR
NON-CONVERTABLE AUTOMOBILE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 2923 9665 2921 9600 2912 9516 2908 9512
2884 9545 2872 9575 2872 9583 2873 9612
2884 9668 2902 9684 2907 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1412Z 182DEG 17KT 2883 9601The Houston radar (KHGX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:39 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A metal barn was destroyed, with the loss of a roof to another barn, near the intersection of County Road 463 and FM 521 southwest of Brazoria.
Power outages were reported with several trees downed.
Partial roof loss and damage occurred at a storage facility on FM 521 south of Brazoria.
Several trees were reported downed along with damage to a telephone pole.
Several trees were downed and damage occurred to a storage building on J Meyer Road.
Damage to 30 ft high billboard near the intersection of Bellaire Boulevard and Stella Link Road.
Strong winds collapsed a large barn while another smaller barn received damage.
Pearland police officer sighted funnel cloud.
Downed tree fell on a home in Houston Heights.
A weak tornado caused significant roof damage to Bay Harbor apartment complex in Baytown. Approximately 16 units were damaged with the loss of one roof. Another roof was partially lifted and thrown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2010Warnings in Texas, June 2010
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: 238384, 238385, 238383, 238451, 238452, 238453, 242616, 238246, 238454, 238248.