A waterspout moved inland near Beach City. There was no damage.
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A waterspout moved inland near Beach City. There was no 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 Aug 21, 3:02 PM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 402 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2012 .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HAVE HELD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION TODAY. RADAR SHOWING AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES ALTHOUGH SOME OF IT IS LIKELY VIRGA. CROCKETT HAS REPORTED LIGHT RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE REST OF THE FORECAST...RIDGING TO THE WEST WILL SUPPORT WEAK NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM BACK INTO THE LOW 90S WITH MOISTURE RETURN ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEABREEZE. HAVE ADDED CHANCE POPS FOR FRIDAY WHEN MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE THE BEST...OTHERWISE MID 90S AND SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL HOLD THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. 38 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 69 93 72 94 74 / 20 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 73 94 73 93 75 / 10 10 10 20 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 80 90 80 91 81 / 10 20 10 20 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...38 AVIATION/MARINE...45
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 510 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2012 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221300- 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- 510 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE ARE FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO LIVINGSTON LINE. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG STORMS. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:47 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout moved inland near Beach City and produced no damage before dissipation.
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