Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over parts of of Southeast Texas in early April.
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The episode as NWS HGX wrote it up.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over parts of of Southeast Texas in early April.
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 Apr 4, 11:52 PM UTC, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 652 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022 .AVIATION [00Z TAF Issuance]... Showers will continue to drift north-northeast as a warm front lifts into the Lower MS Valley this evening. Additional round of light showers and isolated thunderstorms will be possible late tonight into early Tuesday morning with the passage of a sfc low pressure system north of the region. Have only included VCTS at KUTS given low confidence in coverage. Ceilings will remain in the MVFR/IFR range tonight into Tuesday morning. Areas of fog are possible at times, mainly in terminals south of the I-10 corridor. Southerly winds will shift to the west-southwest late tonight into late Tuesday afternoon. 05 && .PREV DISCUSSION /Issued 315 PM CDT Mon Apr 4 2022/... .SHORT TERM [Through Tuesday Night]... Winds across the area backed early this afternoon and cloud coverage briefly lowered and thickened up but should rise and get some breaks to allow temperatures to come up a few more degrees. Scattered light showers have developed in the WAA pattern and should continue to develop over the area while also lifting northward through 9 pm. The cap near the Caldwell to College Station to Madison area may eventually break around 5 pm in which case some quickly strengthening thunderstorms will be possible. Possibly reaching severe for gusty damaging winds or a brief tornado. Instability should wane quickly across SETX this evening with wind profiles veering as the deeper convection focuses closer to the cold front and then pushed eastward and struggles southeastward overnight. Though the chances for rainfall remain high this afternoon and tonight (mainly showers) the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms looking limited to a narrow window closer to 5-6 pm and up north. Warm night (went above NBM guidance numbers for temperatures) with the cold front remaining north of the area then moving into the area Wednesday. The veering of the winds will probably bring in some patchy fog to the coastal areas tonight as well. This developing southwest flow as the day wears on Tuesday should set the stage for an impressive warm up over today's temperatures after the warm overnight start and ending any fog shortly after sunrise. Drying pushes in quickly and rain chances Tuesday should be low to very low across the area. Anticipating that some of the long standing record high temperatures will fall tomorrow. Galveston is very challenging if the clouds don't hold on along the coast then the high there may be much closer to the record than am currently forecasting or if winds become more southwesterly so stay tuned on that one. Here are the record highs and their date of occurrence for our four major climate sites. CLL: 93 set in 1936 (records date back to 1889) IAH: 91 set in 1982 (records date back to 1890) HOU: 90 set in 1982 (records date back to 1931) GLS: 90 set in 1982 (records date back to 1875) (42) 45 .LONG TERM [Wednesday Through Monday]... Currently the trickiest part of the long term will be the high temperature on Wednesday due to a cold front's passage through the day. This front will be making its way through the area most likely during the late morning to afternoon creating a large temperature spread. These temperatures will be highly dependent on the speed/location of the cold front with a slower front leading to high temperatures in the 80s to near 90 across the area and a quicker front leading to temperatures in the mid 70s to low 80s. Sided with a slightly slower progression of the front leading to high temperatures along and south of I-10 (ahead of the front) getting into the mid to upper 80s while areas to the north and west getting into the upper 70s. As an example of the large spread given for high temperatures on Wednesday, the 25th percentile of the NBM for the City of Houston is 83 while the 75th percentile is 94. The rest of the long term is relatively straight forward as high pressure settles in over the region bringing mostly clear skies through at least Saturday. Behind the front Wednesday night, expect breezy northwesterly winds bringing temperatures down into the upper 40s north of Huntsville and low to mid 50s almost everywhere else. Highs on Thursday and Friday will peak in the mid 70s. Clear skies and light winds Thursday night will lead to fairly chilly weather with lows in the mid to upper 40s for most of the region. The high pressure begins to slide into the North-central Gulf on Saturday inducing a more southerly flow. This brings high temperatures back into the 80s on Saturday and Sunday. The southerly flow increases from 0.5" Saturday afternoon to near 1.0" Sunday afternoon thanks to the persistent southerly flow leading to partly cloudy skies. A shortwave will be making its way across Texas on Sunday leading to showers and thunderstorms developing across SE Texas late Sunday night into Monday. Fowler .MARINE... Scattered showers will persist through the evening with light to occasionally moderate onshore flow. There is potential for some patchy fog to form tonight into early Tuesday reducing visibility down to 1 to 2 miles at times. Southerly flow will persist through Wednesday morning, then a cold front will pass through the coastal waters Wednesday afternoon ushering in a moderate to strong northwesterly flow that persists through Thursday morning. Sustained winds of 20 to 25 knots with gust to 30 to 35kts are possible leading to 5 to 8 feet. So, Small Craft Advisories will likely be needed during that timeframe. Winds and seas lower through Saturday as high pressure develops overhead. Moderate onshore flow picks up again on Sunday before the next disturbance moves through the area early next week. Fowler && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 68 93 65 79 50 / 40 10 0 0 0 Houston (IAH) 70 92 67 86 56 / 40 20 0 0 0 Galveston (GLS) 71 81 69 84 63 / 30 20 0 0 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...45 LONG TERM...Fowler AVIATION...05 MARINE...Fowler
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
Due to prolonged dry period, severe drought began over southern portions of Southeast Texas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1023976, 1023973, 1023975, 1023977, 1023978, 1023979, 1023980.