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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 9, 1990Chambers County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 1990, 9:00 PM CST for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 1990, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 9, 1990, 10:30 PM CST
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Chambers 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

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 5:30 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

TXZ-032-037-045>047-100140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
530 PM CST FRI FEB 9 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM
THIS EVENING...

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A LINE OF STRONG THUNDRSTORMS DEVELOPING
FROM NEAR SAN ANTONIO EASTWARD TO NEAR WASHINGTON COUNTY AND THEN
NORTHEASTWARD OVER GRIMES COUNTY TO NORTH OF TOLEDO BEND LAKE.
THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT NEAR 45 MPH.

WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE
VERY RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...AND RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS
SHOULD THEY BECOME N`ECESSARY.

Special weather statement, Feb 9, 6:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 9, 8:22 PM CST, 38 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 9, 6:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Washington	66 min
Feb 9, 6:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes	49 min
Feb 9, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Waller	69 min
Feb 9, 7:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado	28 min
Feb 9, 7:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	47 min
Feb 9, 8:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	26 min
Feb 9, 8:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty	55 min
Feb 9, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria	52 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.