Clustering thunderstorms over Harris County ahead of a weak frontal boundary produced severe downburst winds.
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Clustering thunderstorms over Harris County ahead of a weak frontal boundary produced severe downburst winds.
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 8, 10:51 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1151 PM CDT Thu Sep 8 2016 .UPDATE... The KHGX radar will continue to be out of service through at least midday Friday. Parts are on order and technicians are working to return the radar to service as quickly as possible. Otherwise, please see the discussion for the 09/06Z TAFs below. && .AVIATION... No major changes planned for the 09/06Z TAFs. VFR conditions are expected to prevail for most terminals through the period. However, temporary IFR to MVFR conditions north and west of the Houston terminals (College Station, Huntsville, Conroe) are expected 09-15Z as patchy fog and low stratus develop. Expect a few streamer showers to develop along the coast 08-12Z, with SHRA/TSRA spreading inland on Friday along and ahead of the sea breeze. Stronger cells will be capable of producing reduced visibilities and stronger wind gusts 20-25 knots. Expect all convection to dissipate with loss of heating, with dry conditions expected for the Southeast Texas terminals Friday evening. Otherwise, south to southeast winds 10 knots or less are expected through the period. Huffman && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED / UPDATE... Storms have ended and only a little cirrus remains and this should be dissipating in the west and the swath in the east should march steadily westward. May see at least a few hours of clear skies which may help with radiational cooling and the possibility of some patchy fog after 3 am. Leading edge of deeper moisture should be moving into the eastern counties toward sunrise and some of the high res models indicate the possibility of showers developing prior to sunrise so have nudged up rain chances in the areas east of a Livingston to Pasadena to Angleton line and lowered them in the west between 3 and 7 am. 18z guidance package still bullish on rain this weekend with some large bullseyes of 2-4". May see some heavy rainfall this weekend. 45 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 75 92 74 90 73 / 0 20 10 40 40 Houston (IAH) 75 90 74 91 74 / 10 40 10 40 40 Galveston (GLS) 81 89 81 89 79 / 20 40 10 40 40 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && Discussion...45 Update/Aviation/Marine...14
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 828 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-100130- 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- 828 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A SURGE OF GULF MOISTURE WITH A PASSING TROPICAL WAVE WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY AND BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL NEAR THE REGION LATE SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY COMBINE WITH THE SEABREEZE TO BRING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SLOW MOVING STORMS COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THE WEEKEND OF 3 TO 5 INCHES THOUGH MUCH LOWER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH TOTALS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH WITH NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The rope like funnel cloud was spotted at the intersection of East Mount Houston and Homestead Roads.
Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed power lines along Fulton Street.
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