Lightning strikes caused some house fires and produced injuries.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Lightning strikes caused some house fires and produced injuries.
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 Aug 22, 9:20 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1020 AM CDT Mon Aug 22 2016 .DISCUSSION... A few things of note from the synoptic to meso-scale will help generate showers and thunderstorms today. The 850-700mb moist axis was a bit further inland. A weak surface boundary was move over the northern counties while a weak trough was located along the coast at 12Z. The high res models showed the potential for better coverage than shown on the forecast. Upped rain chances for this morning to likely over the northwest. Also upped rain chances during the afternoon. 40 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 90 75 92 74 92 / 60 20 10 0 10 Houston (IAH) 91 78 93 77 93 / 40 10 30 0 30 Galveston (GLS) 90 81 89 82 89 / 40 10 20 0 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && Discussion...40 Aviation/Marine...47
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 719 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2016 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231230- 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- 719 AM CDT MON AUG 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG EARLY THIS MORNING WITH VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 1/4 AND 2 MILES. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:25 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
There were several house fires caused by lightning strikes. A couple of minor injuries were reported, including one person sustaining minor burns while trying to put out the fire, and another person getting shocked while using the microwave at the time of the lightning strike.
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