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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 19, 1992Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 1992, 6:55 PM CDT for Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 1992, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Walker County, TX

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 flash flood 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 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ047-049-047-047-037-047-032-046-049-045-046-045-032-045-047-
037-047-192245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
340 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON
AND GALVESTON METROPOLITAN AREAS UNTIL 9PM CDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE
COUNTOES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS
DEVELOPING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OCURRING.

AT 330PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM LUFKIN TO CONROE.
ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTED FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA
AREA EXISTED FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO WHICH PRODUCED 1 INCH
HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNING3S.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ047-049-047-047-037-047-032-046-049-045-046-045-032-045-047-
037-047-192245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
340 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON
AND GALVESTON METROPOLITAN AREAS UNTIL 9PM CDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE
COUNTOES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS
DEVELOPING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OCURRING.

AT 330PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM LUFKIN TO CONROE.
ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTED FROM COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA
AREA EXISTED FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO WHICH PRODUCED 1 INCH
HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNING>S.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>049-192247-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
340 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON
AND GALVESTON METROPOLITAN AREAS UNTIL 9PM CDT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 9PM CDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES ALL THE
COUNTOES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR.

RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS
DEVELOPING AND UNSTABLE WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OCCURRING.

AT 330 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL FROM LUFKIN TO CONROE.
ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTED FROM COLLEGE ST-ATION TO VICTORIA
AREA EXISTED FROM AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO WHICH PRODUCED 1 INCH
HAIL.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>049-192245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
445 PM CDT SUN APR 19 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE HOUSTON
AND GALVESTON METROPOLITAN AREAS UNTIL 9PM CDT...

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY HAS
NOW EXPIRED...

AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD COLORADO...
AUSTIN AND WASHINGTON FROM THE WEST.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS SOME HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD APPROCH COLUMBUS...BELLVILLE AND BRENHAM BY
515 PM AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD AGAIN REGAIN INTENSITY
AND COULD RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXPolk54 min
Apr 19, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington60 min
Apr 19, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado59 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk60 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.