Showers and thunderstorms formed along a pre-frontal trough that produced damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms formed along a pre-frontal trough that produced damaging winds.
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 21, 10:19 AM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1019 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
.DISCUSSION...
PREFRONTAL TROF MAKING ITS WAY INTO NW COUNTIES AND SHOULD
CONTINUE ITS ESE TRACK THRU THE DAY. SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION HAVING
A DIFFICULT TIME INITIATING FURTHER AHEAD...MAINLY BEING HAMPERED
BY DRY AIR TO THE N AND STRONG CAPPING SW/S. BASED ON LASTED
NIGHTS CLL SOUNDING (THANKS, AGGIES)...NE COUNTIES MAY STILL HAVE
A NARROW OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AN ISOLATED SEVERE CELL OR TWO INTO
THE LUNCH HOUR - BUT OVERALL WOULDN'T EXPECT MUCH WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WX. THIN BAND OF SHRA/ISO TSRA WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE
25-35MPH GUSTS AS IT ROLLS THRU. TWEAKED GRIDS BASED ON ABOVE
THINKING. 47
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 74 43 65 38 68 / 80 10 0 10 10
HOUSTON (IAH) 75 48 67 42 69 / 80 10 20 10 10
GALVESTON (GLS) 71 59 68 51 66 / 60 20 20 10 10
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: MATAGORDA BAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...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.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 505 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221115- 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- 505 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING AND WILL DRIVE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EASTWARD INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE AND WILL BE CAPAOBLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO THE REGION. AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRENHAM TO ANAHUAC WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD SHIFT EASTWARD INTO LOUISIANA BY MID AFTERNOON BRINGING AN END TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-221115- GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY- 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- 505 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS. A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS AHEAD OF A PREFRONTAL TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ON FRIDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
932 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0203 PM TORNADO 3 E SHEPHERD 30.49N 94.95W
02/18/2013 F1 SAN JACINTO TX NWS STORM SURVEY
HOME AND TREES DAMAGED.BARN DESTROYED. WORST DAMAGE
CONSISTENT WITH EF1 LEVEL WINDS.
&&
DRSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1039 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
TXZ163-164-176>178-196-198-211730-
BRAZOS TX-WALKER TX-SAN JANCINTO TX-MADISON TX-TRINITY TX-HOUSTON TX-
GRIMES TX-
1039 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BRAZOS...WALKER...
NORTHWESTERN SAN JANCINTO...MADISON...SOUTHWESTERN TRINITY...HOUSTON
AND NORTHERN GRIMES COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CST...
AT 1034 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
WEST OF GRAPELAND TO BRYAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CROCKETT TO 6 MILES NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PEAS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE...CROCKETT...MADISONVILLE...TRINITY...GRAPELAND...
LOVELADY...RIVERSIDE...KENNARD...MIDWAY...LATEXO AND OAKHURST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3157 9522 3159 9517 3153 9511 3065 9528
3062 9637 3103 9610 3109 9597 3110 9577
3113 9578 3116 9573 3120 9575 3127 9573
3132 9566 3146 9571 3146 9575 3147 9572
3151 9574 3155 9564 3159 9529
TIME...MOT...LOC 1634Z 259DEG 28KT 3144 9574 3069 9628The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 195 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:09 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms generated strong winds that caused minor structural damage at a lumber yard. Also, tree limbs were downed across Crockett.
Thunderstorm winds severely damaged a barn.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees along Windham Ranch Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, February 2013
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: 436971, 436972, 436973.