Numerous thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching central Texas boundary. A storm merger across northwest Houston produced damaging winds.
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Numerous thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching central Texas boundary. A storm merger across northwest Houston 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 Jun 9, 11:23 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1223 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013 .DISCUSSION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION IN AVIATION SECTION. && .AVIATION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS TROUGH AXIS PUSHING THROUGH SE TX CURRENTLY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DID NOT TAKE LONG TO DEVELOP WITH LIFT FROM THE TROUGH...DAY TIME HEATING AND JUICY AIR OF 1.8-1.9 INCH PRECIP WATER. SHORT TERM PART OF THE TAFS ALL HAVE TSRA IN SOME SHAPE/FORM EXCEPT FOR KCLL WHERE ACTIVITY HAS PUSHED EAST. ALSO NOT SURE HOW MUCH WILL REACH KGLS BUT WILL LEAVE VCTS FOR NOW. MAY PROBLEM WILL BE SLOW STORM MOTIONS OVER THE HOUSTON METRO SO KIAH/KHOU/KSGR COULD HAVE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR NEXT 2-4 HOURS. LATEST HRRR HAS ACTIVITY ENDING AROUND 22Z-23Z AND THINK THIS MAY BE ON TRACK. KEPT THIS TREND FOR THE TAFS. OVERNIGHT EXPECT ANY CIGS TO CLEAR OUT AND IF ANYTHING MAY GET SOME PATCHY FOG AT USUAL SPOTS LIKE KCXO/KLBX. OTHERWISE VFR CIGS TOMORROW WITH LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS. 39 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 949 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013/ DISCUSSION... PER ONGOING RADAR TRENDS WILL BE GOING WITH INCREASED POPS FOR ALL OF OUR CWA WITH THE UPDATE. MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS REACHED THE CONVECTIVE TEMPS FOR TODAY AND NOT REALLY SEEING HOW ALL THIS WILL STOP UNTIL TONIGHT (WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING). NO REAL DISCERNIBLE SFC BOUNDARY FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO FOCUS ON BUT BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN A LIKELY IN THE SLOWER MOVING STRONGER STORMS. 41 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013/ TODAY COULD BE A RAINY DAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SOLID LINE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD OUR AREA. SCATTERED SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA AREA SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE GRADUALLY DEVELOPING FURTHER WESTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF OUR COASTAL WATERS. SATELLITE AND MODEL DATA INDICATE SOUTHEAST TEXAS FAVORABLY POSITIONED IN A DEEP TROF AXIS. THE COMBINATION OF BOUNDARIES FROM CURRENT CONVECTION AND POTENTIAL DAYTIME HEATING ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE PARTS OF OUR AREA A DECENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS AREA WIDE AND PLAN ON ADJUSTING RAIN CHANCES ON THE MORNING UPDATE AS WE SEE HOW THINGS EVOLVE. STILL EXPECTING A MUCH DRIER WEATHER PATTERN TO SET UP FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK AND ON INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE STATE. WILL KEEP SOME LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST NEAR THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN CARRY MOSTLY TOKEN 10% POPS OR LESS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ANTICIPATED WELL INLAND BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THESE READINGS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO APPROACH MID JUNE RECORDS. 42 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 90 73 93 74 94 / 60 40 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 91 74 93 75 94 / 60 40 20 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 87 79 89 80 88 / 50 30 20 10 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...41 AVIATION/MARINE...39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 411 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238- 101200- 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-WHARTON- 411 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm winds toppled a tree over onto a home and caused minor roof damage to a school.
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