Scattered thunderstorms across southeast Texas produced heavy rain and frequent lightning. One fatality occurred due to a lightning strike in Harris County.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms across southeast Texas produced heavy rain and frequent lightning. One fatality occurred due to a lightning strike in Harris County.
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 30, 5:33 AM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 633 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 .AVIATION... ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INLAND TODAY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO LEADING TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES BUT ALSO EXPECT ACTIVITY AT KUTS AND KCLL LATER TODAY. SOME MVFR CIGS AND LOWER VISIBILITIES IS POSSIBLE DURING TSTMS. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING WHEN DAYTIME HEATING DIMINISHES AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FAIRLY RAPIDLY. CONDITIONS SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY VFR LATER TONIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012/ DISCUSSION... UPPER LOW SEEN NICELY ON W/V IMAGERY ACROSS S TX EARLY THIS MORNING. DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE SITTING JUST OFFSHORE IS SET TO MOVE INTO SE TX TODAY. RADAR IS STARTING TO SHOW SOME RETURNS POP UP OFF THE UPPER TX COAST AND ANTICIPATE CONTINUED INCREASED COVERAGE THRU THE MORNING HOURS AS THEY BEGIN TO MOVE ONSHORE. PW'S EVENTUALLY FCST TO RANGE FROM AROUND 1.8" NE TO 2.3" SW. HAVE GENERALLY ORIENTED LOWEST-HIGHEST POPS TO CORRESPOND. LOOKING FOR BEST SHOT OF RAINFALL DURING THE MORNING THRU EARLY AFTN HOURS...WITH A BIT LESS COVERAGE LATER IN THE AFTN AS A SOME STABILIZATION OCCURS FROM MORNING ACTIVITY. THAT BEING SAID...STILL DO EXPECT SCT PRECIP TO OCCUR DURING THAT TIME PERIOD CONSIDERING THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT. THOUGH RAINS WILL BE WELCOME...WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON ANY TRAINING HEAVIER BANDS THAT MAY SET UP (ESP SW 1/3 OF THE CWA) THAT COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO LAY DOWN SEVERAL INCHES OF PRECIP IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. UPPER LOW IS FCST TO MOVE WWD TOWARD N CNTL MEXICO ON SUN AND EXPECT BEST MOISTURE TO GENERALLY FOLLOW. SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH AROUND FOR SOME SCT PRECIP BUT OVERALL COVERAGE SHOULD BE LESS THAN TODAY. RIDGE REESTABLISHES ITSELF EARLY NEXT WEEK BRINGING TYPICAL HOT HUMID SUMMERTIME WX WE ALL LOVE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE HOLIDAY WEEK. THE CENTER OF THE RIDGE SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO ALLOW AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED LATE AFTN/EVNG SEABREEZE CELLS EACH DAY CLOSER TO THE COAST...BUT OVERALL CHANCES OF PRECIP SHOULD BE FAIRLY LOW. 47 AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST AND EXTENDING OFFSHORE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ONSHORE TODAY AND DEVELOP INLAND AS DAYTIME HEATING GETS GOING. ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MAKE THE PRECIPITATION WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN TAF SITES.ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY BUT PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE SCATTERED AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES FURTHER WEST AWAY FROM REGION. WINDS WILL BE FROM SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. 34 MARINE... SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RICH GULF MOISTURE EVIDENT ON SATELLITE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY INTO SUNDAY. AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES FURTHER WEST EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD ON SUNDAY. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BEGIN DRYING OUT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY WILL BE NEAR SCEC CRITERIA BUT WILL LEAVE IT OUT AT THE MOMENT AS BELIEVE IT WILL REMAIN MOSTLY LESS THAN 15 KNOTS. 34 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 91 74 92 74 94 / 40 20 30 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 87 76 92 76 94 / 60 30 30 10 20 GALVESTON (GLS) 86 81 90 82 91 / 60 40 40 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...47 AVIATION/MARINE...34
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 414 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-011200- 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- 414 AM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY BRINGING INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A CALDWELL TO LIBERTY LINE. THERE IS A SLIGHT POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF TRAINING HEAVY RAINFALL TO SET UP. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...LOCALIZED 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD ARE A POSSIBILITY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN THE GULF WATERS AS WELL. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A utility worker was killed by a lightning strike while trying to repair a power line near the intersection of Miller Road 1 and Miller Road 2. The man was initially revived at the scene but died the next day on July 1st.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Harris | 2012-06-30 | 33 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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