Isolated severe storms developed over portions of SE Texas. These storms produced extensive damage to utility lines across Jackson County.
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Isolated severe storms developed over portions of SE Texas. These storms produced extensive damage to utility lines across Jackson County.
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 22, 12:03 PM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 103 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2026 ...New DISCUSSION, MARINE... .KEY MESSAGES... - Scattered afternoon showers and storms may bring locally heavy rainfall Today. - Gradual warming trend with temperatures reaching the upper 80s by the end of the work week. - Lower rain chances Thursday through the weekend. Cannot rule out some stronger or severe storms on these days either. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 1216 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2026 Showers and storms are beginning to pop up this afternoon on Doppler Radar. Expect coverage to continue to increase as we get closer to peak daytime heating and storms take advantage of the moist unstable airmass overhead. We have received a decent amount of rainfall over the last few days, so soils are leaning on the saturated side. WPC has expanded their marginal risk area to encompass the majority of southeast Texas today. At this time the current expectation is that across the risk area rainfall totals will generally be in the 1-3" range. With continued moisture advection from the Gulf, the overhead disturbance, and the potential for storms to train over the same areas, some locations in the risk area could receive rainfall totals around 5-7". Confidence is low on where these higher amounts would be observed. In any case, isolated instances of flash flooding will be possible in urban and low lying areas and areas that have poor drainage. Rainfall should taper off as we get further into the evening hours. Mid-level heights are expected to rise as ridging becomes established. Not going to completely write off the potential for showers and thunderstorms for Thursday, but they will be more isolated in coverage. Foggy conditions may develop again during the overnight hours and continue into Friday morning. Some areas may have dense fog, which may result in another Dense Fog Advisory during the morning commute. We are continuing to monitor Friday through the weekend for another round of showers and thunderstorms, some of which could become strong. SE Texas will have a zonal flow pattern prevailing; however, a few ripples in the overall pattern will traverse southeast Texas. Conditions around that time are forecast to be on the unstable side of the spectrum. While the more favorable dynamics border the Brazos Valley/Piney Woods area, CAPE values across SE Texas will be in around or in excess of 2000 J/kg with shear values around 30-45 kts (both could help storms become organized with a strong updraft). As we get closer to the weekend, Convective Allowing Models (CAMs) should provide a better picture. For Monday, models indicate a more robust shortwave trough crossing the Plains and ejecting a cold front towards SE TX. Won't get too hung up on the details with it being later in the forecast period, but will need to keep an eye on how far the front will progress into SE Texas (currently forecasted to stall over the Brazos Valley/Piney Woods) and how unstable/moist the airmass overhead will be. Temperatures through the period will be in the 80s through the remainder of the week with lows in the upper 60s to 70s. By the weekend and into next week highs will be in the upper 80s to low 90s. Lows during the weekend will be in the 70s (with isolated locations in the upper 60s). Bailey && .AVIATION... (12Z TAF Issuance) Issued at 617 AM CDT Wed Apr 22 2026 A messy start to TAFs with fog reducing conditions to LIFR at IAH and SGR and LIFR/IFR cigs at CLL/UTS/CXO. Farther south, MVFR to even VFR conditions are ongoing. Fog should dissipate in the next couple hours, giving way to SHRA developing later this morning. Scattered TSRA will also develop this afternoon with cigs rising back to MVFR/VFR. Highest confidence is at LBX/SGR/IAH/HOU/CXO where TEMPOs were put in the forecast. All other sites have PROB30s. These should end this evening followed by another round of MVFR/IFR cigs at all sites overnight. Some LIFR conditions can't be ruled out as hi-res guidance is hinting at another round of fog in roughly the same locations again tonight. Young && .MARINE... Issued at 1216 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2026 Light to moderate southeasterly winds should continue through the later half of the work week. A long fetch of these southeasterly winds may bring increased seas at times. This with, periodically higher winds may warrant caution flags at times. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible today with rain chances decreasing into Thursday. Above normal water levels near 3.0 feet MLLW are still expect at each high tide cycle through the end of the work week. 03/Bailey && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... College Station (CLL) 77 66 83 69 / 60 10 0 0 Houston (IAH) 80 68 84 71 / 80 20 0 0 Galveston (GLS) 79 73 80 74 / 70 10 10 0 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. GM...None. && DISCUSSION...Bailey AVIATION...Young MARINE...Bailey
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 506 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2026 TXZ210-226-222230- Wharton TX-Colorado TX- 506 PM CDT Wed Apr 22 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN WHARTON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT... At 506 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles south of Eagle Lake, moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD...Pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Nada and Garwood. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 2934 9654 2946 9655 2952 9629 2927 9630 TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 272DEG 6KT 2941 9637 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH Adams
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A local fire department reported hail, ranging from quarter to approximately golf ball size, over southern Brazos County.
FM 1300 was closed due to water over the roadways. The road did not open up until later the next day.
An emergency manager reported that the Cordele power substation lost one circuit, resulting in power outages across the area. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1.
An emergency manager reported that a barn had sustained heavy roofing damage. Winds estimated at 80 mph based on SBO with a DoD of 2.
An emergency manager reported that strong winds caused an RV to roll over near FM 530 and Bagby Road.
An emergency manager reported that there were multiple downed wires and broken crossarms along FM530. Live wires left on the ground reportedly killed a cow the next morning after the storms past. Winds estimated at 100 mph from ETL with a DoD of 2.
An emergency manager shared a photo of a snapped power line along FM 530. This represented the most intense wind damage from this storm, estimated at 118 mph based on ETL with a DoD of 4.
In the aftermath of this storm, an extensive coordination effort between local agencies, power companies and contractors were needed to clean up and repair damages across Jackson county. In total, 1,636 outages occurred across Jackson county as a result of these storms. 24 wooden power poles were broken with 52 broken crossarms. 61 poles had their wires pulled off from the winds. 80 field personnel and 25 office staff were necessary to coordinate recovery. Total damages from the storm were estimated to cost between $350,000 to $400,000.
An emergency manager reported extensive damage to electrical lines along FM 530 spanning from county road 274 to county road 273. Numerous broken wooden cross members and leaning wooden poles lined this span of roadway. Winds were estimated at 108 mph using ETL with a DoD of 3.
An emergency manager reported one downed tree and various other vegetative debris across the shoulder of SH 111.
An emergency manager reported that a circuit from the Enda substation was lost, resulting in power outages for north Edna, Morales and Navidad. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1.
An emergency manager reported that another circuit was lost at a substation in the Edna area, resulting in power outages for areas south of Edna. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1.
An emergency manager reported that multiple individual power outage reports starting arriving, likely from additional line damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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