Meteorological conditions were favorable during the late morning hours for regional funnel cloud and tornado formation.
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Meteorological conditions were favorable during the late morning hours for regional funnel cloud and tornado formation.
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 27, 9:03 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1003 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
.DISCUSSION...
GOES SOUNDER PW IMAGERY AND AREA SOUNDINGS SHOW 1.8-2.1" PW'S TO
WORK WITH TODAY. STARTING TO SEE SCT DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE NOW AND
ANTICIPATE PRECIP TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS TEMPS CLIMB
INTO THE MID & UPPER 80S. FOR THE UPDATE: JUST SOME INSIGNIFICANT
TWEAKS TO 1ST PERIOD GRIDS BASED ON LATEST TRENDS. 47
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 89 74 91 77 93 / 30 20 20 20 20
HOUSTON (IAH) 87 76 89 78 92 / 60 20 40 20 20
GALVESTON (GLS) 86 81 87 82 90 / 40 20 30 20 20
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20
NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO
FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 407 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-281200- 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- 407 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. LOCALIZED STRONG CELLS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE A POSSIBILITY. IT WILL BECOME BREEZY AREA WIDE...AND AS A RESULT SOME HIGHER SURF AND ELEVATED RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE WEEKEND...THE AREA SHOULD SEE GRADUALLY DECREASING STORM COVERAGE AS MOISTURE LEVELS LOWER A BIT. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOMEWHAT BREEZY...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR HIGHER SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES. BEGINNING ON MONDAY...EVEN LOWER MAINLY AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES ARE ANTICIPATED AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1053 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 TXZ178-179-200-271630- SAN JACINTO TX-POLK TX-LIBERTY TX- 1053 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1052 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM ALSO HAS SOME WEAK ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLEVELAND...SHEPHERD...ROMAYOR AND TARKINGTON PRAIRIE. LAT...LON 3021 9495 3024 9507 3057 9511 3054 9480 TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 187DEG 13KT 3031 9500
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1056 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 TXZ200-271645- LIBERTY TX- 1056 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1055 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KENEFICK...OR NEAR DAYTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM ALSO HAS SOME WEAK ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...DAYTON...KENEFICK...DAYTON LAKES...TARKINGTON PRAIRIE AND MOSS HILL. LAT...LON 3002 9483 3003 9496 3037 9501 3033 9470 TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 187DEG 13KT 3010 9489
The Houston radar (KHGX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:07 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado downed trees that caused minor damage to a home, its carport and garage.
The local law enforcement reported a tornado just east of the municipal airport.
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: 528939, 528940.