Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1994, 7:19 PM CDT for Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1994, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Liberty County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 2:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON, TX 246 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 WITH ONGOING WX...DISCUSSION TO BE BRIEF. ALTHOUGH MODELS MOVE UPPER TROF SLIGHTLY EAST THRU 48H...VORT LOBE STILL TRAILING IN N CNTRL TX. IN ADDITION...PROGS KEEP THE SFC FRONT TO OUR WEST. DOESN`T LUK LIKE FA WILL CLEAR TOO MUCH OVER WKND. WILL KEEP AT LEAST SLIGHT CHC POPS IN THRU FCST PD...WITH HIGHEST POPS TONIGHT (OBVIOUSLY). PERSISTENCE F^OR TEMPS. 41/39
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
TXZ211-210-227-198-213-163-200-199-179-178-164-177-212-197-226- 041-051-239-313-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1252 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM TONIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EAST TEXAS UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT... THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES... HOUSTON...TRINITY...AUSTIN...BURLESON...WHARTON...BRAZOS...COLORADO... JACKSON...WASHINGTON...FORT BEND...MADISON...WALKER...GRIMES... MONTGOMERY...WALLER...HARRIS...POLK...LIBERTY AND SAN JACINTO. THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA AND THE BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION AREA. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TONIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING EAST TEXAS COUNTIES...HARDIN...TYLER...JASPER...AND NEWTON. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES...ORANGE...JEFFERSON...CHAMBERS...GALVESTON...BRAZORIA...AND MATAGORDA. THIS WATCH INCLYDES THE BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR AND GALVESTON METROPOLITIAN AREAS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFCT UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WILL PROVIDE A GOOD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA.B..INCLUDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOS. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IS A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.