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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1990, 9:48 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1990, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fort Bend County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
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ATTN SELS A HOU
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
911 PM CDT FRI APR 27 1990
...STORM REPORT FOR FRI APR 27 1990...PRELIMINARY....
WALKER COUNTY... 7:12 PM CDT...TRINITY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO
15 MILES WEST OF HUNSTVILLE.
GRIMES COUNTY... 7:19 PM CDT...GRIMES COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD
MOVING TOWARDS ANDERSON. MARBEL SIZE HAIL.
GRIMES COUNTY... 7:38 PM CDT...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR NAVASOTA
IN GRIMES COUNTY.
WALKER COUNTY... 7:51 PM CDT...ONE INCH HAIL FALLING AT NEW WAVERLY..REPORTED
BY RADIO STATION IN COUNTY.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY...8:10 PM CDT...MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MAGNOLIA
BY SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT.
MONTGOMER COUNTY... 8:10 PM CDT...SHERRIFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY NEAR SPLENDORA AND RECEDED
BACK INTO CLOUD.
HARRIS COUNTY... 8:49..TO 9:01 PM CDT...IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY...
3/8 INCH HAIL JOHNS ROAD AND WHY 290.
MARBLE SIZE HAIL HWY 6 AND HWY 290.
FUNNEL REPORTED HWY 6 AND HWY 290.
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WHY 6 AND WHY 290.
WIND SPEED OVER 50 MPH NEAR COPPERFIELD...JOHNS ROAD.The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 22 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.