Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed within a moist, warm and unstable central and northeastern forecast area air mass. There were favorable, albeit weak, upper level dynamics that enhanced the convective development.
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Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed within a moist, warm and unstable central and northeastern forecast area air mass. There were favorable, albeit weak, upper level dynamics that enhanced the convective development.
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 22, 9:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1030 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 .UPDATE... SEE MORNING UPDATE. && .DISCUSSION... AT 9 AM...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SW LOUISIANA AND LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER WESTERN KANSAS. VIS SATELLITE SHOWED EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER OVER MOST OF THE STATE WITH SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OVER SE TX. 12Z SOUNDINGS SHOW PW VALUES AROUND 1.70 INCHES... CONVECTIVE TEMPS BETWEEN 86 AND 90 DEGREES...NO CAPPING AND WITH A LAYER OF DRY AIR BETWEEN 800 MB AND 600 MB. AT 850 MB...A SWATH OF DEEP MOISTURE EXTENDED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS EXTENDING FROM DODGE CITY KANSAS TO NORTHERN MEXICO. AN 850 MB RIDGE WAS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND EXTENDED NORTH INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. AT 700 MB...DEEPER MSTR AND A WEAK 700 MB TROUGH AXIS EXTENDED FROM NE TEXAS TO THE BIG BEND. AT 250 MB...A WEAK HIGH WAS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WITH A SPEED MAX OVER NORTH CENTRAL MEXICO. A WEAK S/WV EXTENDED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO NE TEXAS. BOTH THE ECMWF AND THE GFS SHOW SE TX IN A WEAK LFQ THIS AFTN AND THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE 12Z 250 MB ANALYSIS. CONSIDERING THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE SPEED MAX...A WEAK SPLIT IN THE UPPER JET... DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND WEAK PVA...FEEL CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASING THIS AFTN. THE RAP 13 AND HRRR SHOW THE BEST POTENTIAL OVER THE NE ZONES THIS AFTN SO HAVE RAISED POPS OVER THE NE. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AS STORM MOTION WILL BE ON THE SLOW SIDE. CLOUDS WILL WREAK HAVOC WITH MAX TEMPS BUT ANY BREAK IN THE CLOUD COVER WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM QUICKLY. LEFT TEMP FCST AS IS. OVERALL...ONLY MINOR CHANGES AS PREV FCST HAD THINGS WELL IN HAND. 43 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 626 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014/ DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION. AVIATION... SEEING A BAND OF SHRA APPROACHING NW AREAS OF SE TX THIS MORNING WHICH WILL AFFECT CLL 12-14Z. BY MID MORNING EXPECT TO SEE SCT SHRA ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. EXPECT ISOLATED/SCATTERED TSRA AROUND THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF A WEAK SEA BREEZE. AMPLE HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. 33 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 440 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014/ DISCUSSION... TX AREA RADAR SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER N TX WHICH MAY BE THE RESULT OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND OLD MCV THAT IS SHEARING OUT OVER THE AREA. CLOUD COVER HAS HELD TEMPS IN THE MID 70S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING SO NOT QUITE AS COOL AS YESTERDAY. BASED ON 00Z SOUNDINGS LCH AND CRP ARE SHOWING PRECIP WATER VALUES OF 1.5 TO 1.7 INCHES RESPECTIVELY. THINK PRECIP WATER VALUES WILL BE CLOSER TO 1.7 INCHES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THE 00Z 500MB ANALYSIS SHOWS 589/590 DM HEIGHTS ALONG THE NW GULF COAST SO THINK RIDGE IS MOVING MORE INTO THE GULF TOWARDS THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. HEIGHTS HAVE COME DOWN SOME WHICH SHOULD SUPPORT MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY ESPECIALLY WITH HIGHER MOISTURE. FORECAST WILL GO WITH MAINLY 30/40 POPS TODAY. LOOKING AT STORM TOTAL ACCUM RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY...FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD EASILY DROP 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MAIN IMPACT WILL BE LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM OUTFLOWS. BY MONDAY BROAD TROUGHING BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED OVER TX AND REALLY NO HINT OF ANY RIDGING. MODELS OUTPUT MEAGER RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND KEEP POPS LOW SO WILL ONLY GO WITH 20/30 POPS. IT LOOKS LIKE PRECIP WATER VALUES MAY DROP CLOSER TO 1.5 INCHES ON MONDAY BEFORE SURGING BACK UP ON TUE/WED. TUE LOOK FOR HIGHER MOISTURE VALUES AND TROUGHING BECOMING MORE PRONOUNCED. SHORTWAVE NOW OVER CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE S ROCKIES INTO THE S PLAINS BY THIS TIME. THIS MAY HELP BRING HEIGHTS DOWN BELOW 588 DM AT 500MB. PRECIP WATER VALUES MAY BE APPROACHING 2 INCHES BY WED PER NAM/GFS SOLUTIONS. DECIDED TO GO A BIT HIGHER WITH POPS ON TUE INTO WED. WED LOOKS TO BE MORE WET BUT WILL KEEP POPS AT 50 FOR NOW. QUITE POSSIBLE TO HAVE SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION EACH DAY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. BEST CHANCES OF RAIN LOOK TO BE WED/THUR/FRI WITH BROAD TROUGHING ALOFT AND PRECIP WATER VALUES NEAR 1.9 TO 2 INCHES EACH DAY. IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH HEATING FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP EACH DAY. WITH THAT MUCH MOISTURE...MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. QUITE POSSIBLE THAT URBAN AREAS COULD SEE STREET FLOODING AS A RESULT. BAYOUS COULD RESPOND WITH RAPID RISES AS WELL. IMPACTS COULD BE MADE WORSE BY ANY TRAINING STORMS BUT TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THOSE KINDS OF DETAILS JUST YET. OVERALL EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE IMPACTED BY CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTION. STILL SUMMER TIME SO IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH TO REACH LOW 90S FOR MAX TEMPS. THIS ALSO MEANS CONVECTIVE TEMPS SHOULD BE REACHED AND TRIGGER CONVECTION. FORECAST WILL KEEP TEMPS IN THE 90-92F RANGE BUT COULD SEE UPPER 80S FOR HIGHS SHOULD SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD CONVECTION DEVELOP. LOW TEMPS IN THE LOW/MID 70S LOOK ON TRACK AS WELL ESPECIALLY WITH ANY RAIN COOLED AIR THAT DEVELOPS. STILL NOT BAD HAVING TEMPS NEAR NORMAL FOR THE END OF JUNE. 39 MARINE... PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL APPROACH SCEC CRITERIA WELL OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY STAY JUST BELOW. BY TUESDAY NIGHT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND WE WILL LIKELY SEE 15 TO 20 KT ONSHORE WINDS OFFSHORE. BY MID-WEEK WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER AND SEAS WILL BUILD. BUMPED WINDS AND SEAS WED-FRI TO REFLECT THE CURRENT GFS...AND SCA CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEK OFFSHORE. 33 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 90 75 91 76 90 / 40 20 20 20 40 HOUSTON (IAH) 90 76 92 77 90 / 40 20 20 20 40 GALVESTON (GLS) 87 80 88 80 87 / 20 10 20 20 30 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...43
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 504 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231015- 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- 504 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS BUT ANY STRONG STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH AN INCH OF RAIN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END AFTER SUNSET IN THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE MAIN IMPACTS SHOULD BE STREET FLOODING AND RAPID RISES IN BAYOUS IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:57 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There were trees downed on roads, power lines, and over an apartment complex.
There were downed trees and damage to a roof of a house located on 3rd Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 534270, 534275.