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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 27, 1988Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1988, 4:53 PM CDT for Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1988, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1988, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Montgomery, TX
Jul 27, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Montgomery, TX
Jul 27, 5:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Montgomery, TX
Jul 27, 5:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Harris, TX
Jul 27, 5:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Liberty, TX
Jul 27, 6:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Harris, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris60 min
Jul 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.