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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 27, 1990Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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: Apr 27, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Galveston 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 27, 10:15 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Galveston, TX
Apr 27, 10:50 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Galveston, 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.

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

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 4:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 7:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 9:10 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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.
.
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, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	57 min
Apr 27, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria	61 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

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.