Deep tropical moisture in combination with a slowly southward moving cold front helped to generate numerous showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall and flooding in and around the Bryan and College Station areas. 26 inches was set for the date at KCLL.
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Deep tropical moisture in combination with a slowly southward moving cold front helped to generate numerous showers and thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall and flooding in and around the Bryan and College Station areas. A record rainfall total of 4.26 inches was set for the date at KCLL.
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 12, 6:19 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 719 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 .DISCUSSION... 00Z TAF DISCUSSION IN AVIATION... && .AVIATION... MAIN CONCERN WILL BE TSRA ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NOW PUSHING INTO TEH BRAZOS VALLEY THROUGH TO THE PINEY WOODS. FRONT APPEARS TO BE JUST NORTH OF KCLL TO KLFK AT 00Z. EXPECT TSRA TO BE THE ISSUE AT KCLL/KUTS FOR NEXT COUPLE HRS. KCXO AND POSSIBLY KIAH MAY NEED TO BE AMMENDED DEPENDING ON HOW TSRA EVOLVE. WITH THE LOST OF DAY TIME HEATING...EXPECT TSRA TO BE MAINLY SHRA. HRRR/RAP BOTH SHOW THESE TRENDS THE NEXT FEW HRS AND THEN AFTER 06Z LOOKS LIKE MAINLY SHOWERS THROUGH 12-15Z. FRONT SHOULD REACH HOUSTON AREA AROUND 05Z AND THEN OFF THE COAST 09Z-12Z. CIGS SHOULD GO MVFR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED TAF PERIOD. THINK BY AFTERNOON SHOULD SEE VFR CIGS WITH NORTHERLY WINDS. CLOUDS MAY NOT CLEAR OUT UNTIL SAT NIGHT. 39 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 357 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ MARINE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY REDEVELOP TONIGHT AND TRAVERSE THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY. EASTERLY FLOW WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS OF 3-5 FEET POSSIBLY INCREASING TO 4-6 FEET OFFSHORE. DRIER AIR SHOULD FOLLOW ON SUNDAY BUT THEN THE WAVE OVER FLORIDA WILL BE THE NEXT ISSUE. AT PRESENT MOST GUIDANCE TAKES A DISORGANIZED WAVE INTO THE LOWER TEXAS COAST MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY BUT IF IT DEVELOPS THEN THESE TRACKS MAY NEED CHANGES. MARINERS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM. 45 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014/ DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON. RICH TROPICAL MOISTURE HAS ALLOWED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND SOME AREAS HAVE SEEN MINOR STREET FLOODING ALTHOUGH STORM MOTIONS HAVE BEEN FAST ENOUGH TO PREVENT MORE SERIOUS IMPACTS. FURTHER NORTH COVERAGE IS INCREASING FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO HUNTSVILLE TO TRINITY AS MOISTURE POOLS AHEAD OF THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. RAIN CHANCES WILL LINGER THROUGH TOMORROW BUT MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND DRIER FOR SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY SO HAVE LEFT LOWER POPS FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST IN PLACE. THE MID AND EXTENDED RANGE FORECASTS WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON THE EVOLUTION OF INVEST AL92 WHICH IS TRACKING WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN FLORIDA. THIS SYSTEM HAS DISPLAYED A WELL ORGANIZED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION IN VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY TODAY AS IT CROSSED LAKE OKEECHOBEE WITH CONVECTION BLOSSOMING OFFSHORE. MODELS CONTINUE TO NOT DO MUCH WITH THIS SYSTEM IN TERMS OF ORGANIZATION AND KEEP IT AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF. WHETHER IT BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED OR NOT IT WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE FOR RAIN LATER IN THE WEEK AND WILL BEAR WATCHING OVER THE WEEKEND. 38 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 66 79 68 86 71 / 60 30 20 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 73 86 69 88 73 / 60 40 20 10 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 79 86 77 86 81 / 60 40 20 20 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION...33 AVIATION/MARINE...39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 507 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-130930- 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- 507 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT WINDS AND DEEPENING GULF MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT SOMEWHAT CONDUCIVE FOR ISOLATED FUNNELS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON CLOSER TO THE COAST. THESE ARE COMMON IN TROPICAL AIRMASSES AND RARELY EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO THE SURFACE...BUT CAN CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE IF THEY DO. WE WILL BE MONITORING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AREAS OF PRECIPITATION MOVING SOUTHWARD ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING IN FROM NORTH TEXAS COLLIDES WITH ACTIVITY MOVING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF AND SEABREEZE. WHERE THIS OCCURS...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND STORMS COULD BRIEFLY PULSE UP TO STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR THIS SITUATION TO OCCUR COULD BE ALONG OR NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE 1/2 INCH OR LESS...BUT LOCALIZED 3 TO 4 INCH TOTALS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WE WILL BE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF ANOTHER EASTERLY WAVE FORECAST TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-130930- 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- 507 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LIGHT WINDS AND DEEPENING GULF MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT SOMEWHAT CONDUCIVE FOR ISOLATED FUNNELS AND WATERSPOUTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN CLEAR OF WATERSPOUTS AS THEY CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR STORMS. WE WILL BE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF ANOTHER EASTERLY WAVE FORECAST TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
315 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2014
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0230 PM FLOOD KEMAH 29.53N 95.02W
09/12/2014 GALVESTON TX BROADCAST MEDIA
A FEW STREETS ARE FLOODED IN THE KEMAH AREA SUCH AS BAY
OAKS DRIVE AND KEMAH OAKS DRIVE.
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EVENT NUMBER HGX1400185
PKThe Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding occurred in and around the Bryan and College Station areas. Water reached up to cars near the intersection of East Villa Maria Road and Rustling Oaks Drive, and there was high water near the intersection of South College Avenue and Davis Street.
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