A broken line of thunderstorms moved south across south Houston. These storms produced lightning that ultimately caused an apartment fire.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
A broken line of thunderstorms moved south across south Houston. These storms produced lightning that ultimately caused an apartment fire.
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 14, 10:37 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1137 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2019 .DISCUSSION... 06Z Aviation...Seeing the patchy -RA dissipate late this evening. Expect to see some convection develop over the coastal waters early tomorrow, and also possibly near the coast. With daytime heating the southern half of the area will become unstable tomorrow aft. Expect to see SCT TSRA form from SGR to HOU and southward. 33 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 78 98 77 100 77 / 20 10 0 10 0 Houston (IAH) 79 97 79 96 79 / 20 20 10 20 0 Galveston (GLS) 83 92 83 91 84 / 40 40 30 40 20 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && Discussion...33 Aviation/Marine...33
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
735 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 4 NNE SAN LEON 29.54N 94.91W
08/14/2019 M43 MPH GMZ335 TX MESONET
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT GALVESTON BAY WEATHERFLOW
SITE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER HGX1900229
42PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
739 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0727 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 ESE SEAGATE 29.53N 95.00W
08/14/2019 M47 MPH GMZ335 TX MESONET
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT A YACHT CLUB IN KEMAH.
&&
EVENT NUMBER HGX1900230
42PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
749 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0737 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 4 NNE SAN LEON 29.54N 94.91W
08/14/2019 M40 MPH GMZ335 TX MESONET
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT GALVESTON BAY WEATHERFLOW
SITE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER HGX1900231
42Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
821 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2019
TXZ237-238-337-338-437-438-150145-
Inland Brazoria TX-Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula TX-
Inland Galveston TX-Coastal Galveston TX-Brazoria Islands TX-
Coastal Brazoria TX-
821 PM CDT Wed Aug 14 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GALVESTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Liverpool, or 9 miles southwest of Hitchcock,
moving south at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Santa Fe, eastern Freeport, Hitchcock, Surfside Beach, Danbury,
Oyster Creek, Liverpool and San Luis Pass.
LAT...LON 2931 9521 2939 9511 2909 9505 2888 9535
2928 9537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 009DEG 23KT 2925 9516PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
859 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0854 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 1 SSE SURFSIDE 28.93N 95.29W
08/14/2019 M40 MPH GMZ355 TX MESONET
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT SURFSIDE BEACH WEATHERFLOW
SITE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER HGX1900232
42PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
919 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 SSW RED FISH COVE 29.08N 95.12W
08/14/2019 M40 MPH BRAZORIA TX MESONET
WIND GUST WAS MEASURED AT SAN LUIS PASS TCOON SITE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER HGX1900233
42The Houston radar (KHGX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:44 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning from thunderstorms moving across the area struck an apartment complex off of Almeda-Genoa Road. An attic fire quickly engulfed one of the units.
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