Showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of a slow moving cold front generated heavy rainfall that lead to some localized flooding.
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Showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of a slow moving cold front generated heavy rainfall that lead to some localized flooding.
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 Sep 28, 4:52 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 552 PM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION FOR 0Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .AVIATION... RAIN APPEARS TO BE WANING IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES THIS EVENING BUT IS HOLDING ON IN OUR NORTHERN ZONES CLOSER TO THE BETTER UPPER LEVEL LIFT. THIS WILL KEEP THE BEST CHANCES OF RAIN AT KCLL... KUTS... AND KCXO. THE SURFACE FRONT WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TOMORROW BEFORE IT STALLS OUT. MOST LIKELY THE WIND SHIFT WILL JUST FALL SHORT OF KIAH. AS THE FRONT WASHES OUT WINDS WILL GO LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW PWAT VALUES ABOVE 2.2" AT KIAH AND KCLL TOMORROW WHILE NAM HAS MOISTURE VALUES ABOVE 2.0". GIVEN THE MOISTURE AND LIFT IN PLACE WILL HOLD VICINITY THUNDER/SHOWERS IN ALL THE TAFS. INSIDE STORMS LOWER VISIBILITIES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY. GFS IS HINTING AT WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS TOMORROW AFTERNOON WHILE THE NAM HAS MORE OF A SCATTERED DECK. HAVE LEFT CIGS AT VFR SUNDAY AFTERNOON GIVEN UNCERTAINTY. 23 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 74 86 71 88 71 / 60 60 40 30 20 HOUSTON (IAH) 75 88 73 86 72 / 30 50 60 60 30 GALVESTON (GLS) 79 86 77 85 78 / 30 40 60 60 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION/MARINE...23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 459 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 TXZ163-164-176-177-195>198-291000- BRAZOS-BURLESON-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-TRINITY-WALKER-WASHINGTON- 459 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES CLOSE TO THE AREA. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT SOME LOCALIZED 1 TO 2 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ178-179-199-200-210>214-226-227-235>238-291000- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-HARRIS- JACKSON-LIBERTY-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-WALLER- WHARTON- 459 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WE WILL BE MONITORING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE...A WEAK FRONT TO THE NORTH AND SOME UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVERHEAD. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE FORECAST UNCERTAINTY AT THIS TIME AND THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED AS NECESSARY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-291000- 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- 459 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE GULF WATERS TODAY WITH ELEVATED ONSHORE WINDS AND SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXPECT INCREASED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE IN THE WATERS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:25 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Wellborn at the intersection of Greens Prairie Road and Royder Road.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Old Chappell Hill Road just west of the town of Chappell Hill.
There were flooded roads across eastern parts of Washington County. There was a 24 hour 11 inch rainfall total reported at a COCORAHS site 10 miles north northwest of Hempstead ending at 7 AM the morning of the 29th.
There was water over Highway 59 between Moscow and Seven Oaks.
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, September 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: 478129, 471590, 478130, 478134.