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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 17, 1990Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 1990, 9:09 PM CDT for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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
Oct 17, 1990, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 1990, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Matagorda 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
Oct 17, 9:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Matagorda, 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
Oct 17, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.