A funnel cloud was sighted in the Dickinson and League City area.
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A funnel cloud was sighted in the Dickinson and League City area.
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 Jul 20, 9:33 AM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1033 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 .DISCUSSION... Minor changes have been made to the forecast based on model trends and observations. Due to the large ridge axis sitting off to the north, deeper moisture will remain south of I-10 today increasing the chance for showers and thunderstorms to about 30% for this region. High temperatures will remain consistent, hitting the mid to upper 90s in the early evening. 08 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 97 76 98 77 99 / 10 10 10 10 10 Houston (IAH) 96 77 97 77 97 / 20 10 20 10 20 Galveston (GLS) 91 81 92 82 90 / 30 20 20 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 359 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-210900- 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- 359 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ELEVATED HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ELEVATED HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 107 DEGREE RANGE ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-210900- COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 359 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:59 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A League City area funnel cloud lasted around fifteen minutes.
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