Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Dec 18, 1995, 12:26 AM CST for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 18, 1995, 12:26 AM CST (06:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 18, 1995, 3:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Dec 17, 8:25 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 8:25 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 825 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 HGX WSR-88D WILL BE DOWN AT LEAST UNTIL TOMORROW. EMERGENCY ORDER FOR TRANSMITTER PARTS. LCH ALSO DOWN SO WARNING OPS CONDUCTED WITHOUT FULL COVERAGE OF VELOCITY OR PRECIP OUTPUT. THANKS TO SAT, FTW, SHV FOR FREQUENT UPDATES. NO CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS THINKING. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES AND ISOLATED SEVERE ALREADY UNDERWAY. EXPECT INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS SYSTEM MOVES INTO SOUTH TEXAS NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS. 30
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 17, 10:23 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Dec 17, 11:12 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ211-237-210-227-198-213-163-200-236-199-179-178-164-177-212- 197-226-196-195-214-238-235-176-181215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1112 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 5 AM... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 6 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...BURLESON...BRAZOS...MADISON...WALKER...HOUSTON AND TRINITY. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WASHINGTON...GRIMES...MATAGORDA...SAN JACINTO...POLK...AUSTIN... WALLER...HARRIS...MONTGOMERY...LIBERTY...COLORADO...WHARTON...FORT BEND...CHAMBERS...JACKSON...BRAZORIA AND GALVESTON AND THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. AN ABUNDANCE OF GULF MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER TEXAS AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WIND DYNAMICS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN ADDITON TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...HEAVY RAINFALL IS AGAIN LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 6 INCHES. MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECEIVED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN ON SUNDAY WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 INCHES IN MATAGORDA COUNTY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL COMPOUND THE FLOODING PROBLEM AND ALL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. MOST SEVERE WEATHER RELATED FATALITIES OCCUR DURING FLASH FLOODS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. NEVER DRIVE A CAR ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND PO IWARNINGS REGARDING THIS VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:14 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
800 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
...REPORTS OF SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRING ON 12/17/95
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
210 AM HWY 908 TX 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
12/17/95 BURLESON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
325 AM ANDERSON TX STRONG WINDS REPORTED BY
12/17/95 GRIMES COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.
400 AM MONTOGOMERY TX INTERSECTION FMS 1097 AND 105
12/17/95 MONTGOMERY COUNTY VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROAD. SIX
TORNADOES REPORTED.
446 AM WILLIS TX PEA SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95 MONTOGOMERY COUNTY
515 AM COLDSPRING TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY.
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY
553 AM LIVINGSTON TX DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
12/17/95 POLK REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
553 AM POINT BLANK/COLDSPRING TX SHERIFF RPTD DIME TO QUARTER
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND FROM
POINT BLANK TO COLDSPRING.
600 AM BAY CITY TX 50 KNOT WIND GUST AT BAY CITY
12/17/95 MATAGORDA COUNTY REPORTED BY SPOTTER AT 538 AM.
600 AM LIVINSTON TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY
615 AM COLDSPRING TX HWY 156 NEAR COLDSPRING. CARS
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO SLIDING OFF ROAD DUE TO HAIL
COVERING THE ROAD
615 AM LIVINGSTON TX WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...POWER LINES
DOWN/ BRACNCHES BROKEN
622 AM BRENHAM TX BRENHAM POLICE REPORTED
12/17/95 WASHINGTON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
632 AM LIVINGSTON TX 3/4 INCH HAIL IN LIVINGSTON
12/17/95 POLK POLICE OFFICER REPORTED WIND
DAMAGE TO HIS CAR (POSSIBLE
TORNADO) AT 549 AM...STREET
FLOODING...
632 AM BRAZORIA TX ESTIMATED 50 KNOT WIND GUST
12/17/95 BRAZORIA
723 AM TIPPY CREEK TX OVERTURNED TRAILER 4.5 MILES
12/17/95 POLK WEST OF LIVINGSTON...INJURIES
REPORTED.
730 AM LIVINGSTON TX CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE CITY
12/17/95 POLK OF LIVINGSTON...SHERIFF REPORT
TREES DOWN...CARS DAMAGED AND
ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS.
735 AM BLESSING TX SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO
12/17/95 MATAGORDA NEAR BLESSING...ROOF DAMAGE
AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
805 AM COLLEGEPORT TX NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS...
12/17/95 MATAGORDA UNCONFIRMED TORNADO...TREES
DOWN...HOUSES IN MARKHAM
DAMAGED...WINDOWS BLOWN OUT IN
BAY CITY WITH ROOF DAMAGE AND
UTILITY POLES DOWN.
835 AM WEST COLUMBIA TX DIME SIZE HAIL
12/17/95 BRAZORIA
835 AM PECAN GROVE TX FLOODING OF STREETS
12/17/95 FT BEND
913 AM EDNA TX SHERIFF REPORTED STREET
12/17/95 JACKSON FLOODING
916 AM HOUSTON TX GULF FREEWAY SERVICE ROADS
12/1795 HARRIS HAVE SOME HIGH WATER.
1015 AM DICKINSON TX HAM REPORTED 10 INCH LIMBS
12/17/95 GALVESTON BROKEN IN THE CITY...TEXAS
CITY REPORTED POWER OUTAGES.
1020 AM COLDSPRING TX ROOF BLOWN OFF SCHOOL (TIME
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO UNKNOWN)
1024 AM HOUSTON TX HIGH WATER ON SERVICE ROAD OF
12/17/95 HARRIS I-10 BETWEEN FEDERAL...UVALDE
AND MCCLARTY.
1030 AM NEAR CLEVELAND TX TREES DOWN ON FM 1010.
12/17/95 LIBERTY BEFORE 1015 AM
1034 AM SMITH POINT TX LOTS OF HAIL AT 1030 AM. WIND
12/17/95 CHAMBERS DAMAGE...ESTIMATED 60 MPH.
WIND IN WINNIE AT 10-1015 AM.
CARS BLOWN OFF I-10.
1035 AM LAKE JACKSON TX PEA SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
12/17/95 BRAZORIA HWY 288
1036 AM ROLEOVER PASS TX POSSIBLE TORNADO
12/17/95 OFFSHORE WATERS
BRAZORIA COUNTY
1040 AM HOUSTON TX TREES DOWN NORTH LOOP EAST OF
12/17/95 HARRIS U.S. 59. (1028 AM) TREES
DOWN BELTWAY 8 SOUTH OF 1-10.
1100 AM HOUSTON TX I-10 TO UVALDE...TREE BLOWN
12/17/95 HARRIS ON TO CAR...2 PERSONS INJURED
TIME UNKNOWN
1103 AM ANGLETON TX EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING ON
12/17/95 BRAZORIA BUSINESS 288.
1125 AM BAY CITY TX HOMES WERE FLOODING DUE TO
12/17/95 MATAGORDA 6.2 INCHES OF RAIN.
235 PM DICKINSON TX WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING
12/17/95 GALVESTON
236 PM THE WOODLANDS TX PEA SIZE HAIL
12/17/95 MONTGOMERY
249 PM SANTA FE TX NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 6.54
12/17/95 GALVESTON INCHES OF RAIN
250 PM WINNIE TX HWY 124 HAD HIGH WATER
12/17/95 CHAMBERS
605 PM ANGLETON TX WATER IN BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN
12/17/95 BRAZORIA REPORTED BY PD.
610 PM LAKE JACKSON TX STREET FLOODING REPORTED BY
12/17/95 BRAZORIA LJ POLICE.
612 PM ANGLETON TX SEVERE HAIL REPORTED BY PD
12/17/95 BRAZORIA ON HWY 220 EAST OF 288.
PERSONS RUNNING FOR COVER.
635 PM SWEENEY TX HAM REPORT OF 6.5 INCHES OF
12/17/95 BRAZORIA RAIN.
925 PM LEGGET TX CONFIRMED 1/4 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 POLK REPORTED AT 805 PM BY SO.
935 PM COLLEGE STATION TX AT EASTERWOOD FIELD REPORTED
12/17/95 BRAZOS 1/4 INCH HAIL AND .98 INCHES
PER HOUR.Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:23 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
800 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
...REPORTS OF SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRING ON 12/17/95
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
210 AM HWY 908 TX 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY
12/17/95 BURLESON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
325 AM ANDERSON TX STRONG WINDS REPORTED BY
12/17/95 GRIMES COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.
400 AM MONTOGOMERY TX INTERSECTION FMS 1097 AND 105
12/17/95 MONTGOMERY COUNTY VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROAD. SIX
TORNADOES REPORTED.
446 AM WILLIS TX PEA SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95 MONTGOMERY COUNTY
515 AM COLDSPRING TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY.
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY
553 AM LIVINGSTON TX DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
12/17/95 POLK REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
553 AM POINT BLANK/COLDSPRING TX SHERIFF RPTD DIME TO QUARTER
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND FROM
POINT BLANK TO COLDSPRING.
600 AM BAY CITY TX 50 KNOT WIND GUST AT BAY CITY
12/17/95 MATAGORDA COUNTY REPORTED BY SPOTTER AT 538 AM.
600 AM LIVINSTON TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY
615 AM COLDSPRING TX HWY 156 NEAR COLDSPRING. CARS
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO SLIDING OFF ROAD DUE TO HAIL
COVERING THE ROAD
615 AM LIVINGSTON TX WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...POWER LINES
DOWN/ BRACNCHES BROKEN
622 AM BRENHAM TX BRENHAM POLICE REPORTED
12/17/95 WASHINGTON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
632 AM LIVINGSTON TX 3/4 INCH HAIL IN LIVINGSTON
12/17/95 POLK POLICE OFFICER REPORTED WIND
DAMAGE TO HIS CAR (POSSIBLE
TORNADO) AT 549 AM...STREET
FLOODING...
632 AM BRAZORIA TX ESTIMATED 50 KNOT WIND GUST
12/17/95 BRAZORIA
723 AM TIPPY CREEK TX OVERTURNED TRAILER 4.5 MILES
12/17/95 POLK WEST OF LIVINGSTON...INJURIES
REPORTED.
730 AM LIVINGSTON TX CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE CITY
12/17/95 POLK OF LIVINGSTON...SHERIFF REPORT
TREES DOWN...CARS DAMAGED AND
ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS.
735 AM BLESSING TX SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO
12/17/95 MATAGORDA NEAR BLESSING...ROOF DAMAGE
AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
805 AM COLLEGEPORT TX NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS...
12/17/95 MATAGORDA UNCONFIRMED TORNADO...TREES
DOWN...HOUSES IN MARKHAM
DAMAGED...WINDOWS BLOWN OUT IN
BAY CITY WITH ROOF DAMAGE AND
UTILITY POLES DOWN.
835 AM WEST COLUMBIA TX DIME SIZE HAIL
12/17/95 BRAZORIA
835 AM PECAN GROVE TX FLOODING OF STREETS
12/17/95 FT BEND
913 AM EDNA TX SHERIFF REPORTED STREET
12/17/95 JACKSON FLOODING
916 AM HOUSTON TX GULF FREEWAY SERVICE ROADS
12/1795 HARRIS HAVE SOME HIGH WATER.
1015 AM DICKINSON TX HAM REPORTED 10 INCH LIMBS
12/17/95 GALVESTON BROKEN IN THE CITY...TEXAS
CITY REPORTED POWER OUTAGES.
1020 AM COLDSPRING TX ROOF BLOWN OFF SCHOOL (TIME
12/17/95 SAN JACINTO UNKNOWN)
1024 AM HOUSTON TX HIGH WATER ON SERVICE ROAD OF
12/17/95 HARRIS I-10 BETWEEN FEDERAL...UVALDE
AND MCCLARTY.
1030 AM NEAR CLEVELAND TX TREES DOWN ON FM 1010.
12/17/95 LIBERTY BEFORE 1015 AM
1034 AM SMITH POINT TX LOTS OF HAIL AT 1030 AM. WIND
12/17/95 CHAMBERS DAMAGE...ESTIMATED 60 MPH.
WIND IN WINNIE AT 10-1015 AM.
CARS BLOWN OFF I-10.
1035 AM LAKE JACKSON TX PEA SIZE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
12/17/95 BRAZORIA HWY 288
1036 AM ROLEOVER PASS TX POSSIBLE TORNADO
12/17/95 OFFSHORE WATERS
BRAZORIA COUNTY
1040 AM HOUSTON TX TREES DOWN NORTH LOOP EAST OF
12/17/95 HARRIS U.S. 59. (1028 AM) TREES
DOWN BELTWAY 8 SOUTH OF 1-10.
1100 AM HOUSTON TX I-10 TO UVALDE...TREE BLOWN
12/17/95 HARRIS ON TO CAR...2 PERSONS INJURED
TIME UNKNOWN
1103 AM ANGLETON TX EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING ON
12/17/95 BRAZORIA BUSINESS 288.
1125 AM BAY CITY TX HOMES WERE FLOODING DUE TO
12/17/95 MATAGORDA 6.2 INCHES OF RAIN.
235 PM DICKINSON TX WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING
12/17/95 GALVESTON
236 PM THE WOODLANDS TX PEA SIZE HAIL
12/17/95 MONTGOMERY
249 PM SANTA FE TX NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 6.54
12/17/95 GALVESTON INCHES OF RAIN
250 PM WINNIE TX HWY 124 HAD HIGH WATER
12/17/95 CHAMBERS
605 PM ANGLETON TX WATER IN BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN
12/17/95 BRAZORIA REPORTED BY PD.
610 PM LAKE JACKSON TX STREET FLOODING REPORTED BY
12/17/95 BRAZORIA LJ POLICE.
612 PM ANGLETON TX SEVERE HAIL REPORTED BY PD
12/17/95 BRAZORIA ON HWY 220 EAST OF 288.
PERSONS RUNNING FOR COVER.
635 PM SWEENEY TX HAM REPORT OF 6.5 INCHES OF
12/17/95 BRAZORIA RAIN.
925 PM LEGGET TX CONFIRMED 1/4 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 POLK REPORTED AT 805 PM BY SO.
935 PM COLLEGE STATION TX AT EASTERWOOD FIELD REPORTED
12/17/95 BRAZOS 1/4 INCH HAIL AND .98 INCHES
PER HOUR.Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:35 PM CST, 51 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1135 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
...REPORTS OF SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRING ON 12/17/95 TIME
.....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
210 AM HWY 908 TX 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
BY 12/17/95 BURLESON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
325 AM ANDERSON TX STRONG WINDS REPORTED BY
12/17/95 GRIMES COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.
400 AM MONTOGOMERY TX INTERSECTION FMS 1097
AND 105 12/17/95 MONTGOMERY COUNTY VEHICLES BLOWN
OFF ROAD. SIX
TORNADOES REPORTED.
446 AM WILLIS TX PEA SIZE HAIL. 12/17/95
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
515 AM COLDSPRING TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE
CITY. 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY
553 AM LIVINGSTON TX DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL 12/17/95 POLK REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
553 AM POINT BLANK/COLDSPRING TX SHERIFF RPTD DIME TO
QUARTER 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY SIZE HAIL
COVERING GROUND FROM
POINT BLANK TO
COLDSPRING.
600 AM BAY CITY TX 50 KNOT WIND GUST AT BAY
CITY 12/17/95 MATAGORDA COUNTY REPORTED BY SPOTTER
AT 538 AM.
600 AM LIVINSTON TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY
615 AM COLDSPRING TX HWY 156 NEAR COLDSPRING.
CARS 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO SLIDING OFF ROAD
DUE TO HAIL
COVERING THE ROAD
615 AM LIVINGSTON TX WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...POWER LINES
DOWN/ BRACNCHES BROKEN
622 AM BRENHAM TX BRENHAM POLICE REPORTED
12/17/95 WASHINGTON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
632 AM LIVINGSTON TX 3/4 INCH HAIL IN
LIVINGSTON 12/17/95 POLK POLICE
OFFICER REPORTED WIND
DAMAGE TO HIS CAR
(POSSIBLE
TORNADO) AT 549
AM...STREET
FLOODING...
632 AM BRAZORIA TX ESTIMATED 50 KNOT WIND
GUST 12/17/95 BRAZORIA
723 AM TIPPY CREEK TX OVERTURNED TRAILER 4.5
MILES 12/17/95 POLK WEST OF
LIVINGSTON...INJURIES
REPORTED.
730 AM LIVINGSTON TX CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE
CITY 12/17/95 POLK OF
LIVINGSTON...SHERIFF REPORT
TREES DOWN...CARS
DAMAGED AND
ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS.
735 AM BLESSING TX SHERIFF CONFIRMED
TORNADO 12/17/95 MATAGORDA NEAR
BLESSING...ROOF DAMAGE
AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
805 AM COLLEGEPORT TX NUMEROUS DAMAGE
REPORTS... 12/17/95 MATAGORDA UNCONFIRMED
TORNADO...TREES
DOWN...HOUSES IN MARKHAM
DAMAGED...WINDOWS BLOWN
OUT IN
BAY CITY WITH ROOF
DAMAGE AND
UTILITY POLES DOWN.
835 AM WEST COLUMBIA TX DIME SIZE HAIL 12/17/95
BRAZORIA
835 AM PECAN GROVE TX FLOODING OF STREETS
12/17/95 FT BEND
913 AM EDNA TX SHERIFF REPORTED STREET
12/17/95 JACKSON FLOODING
916 AM HOUSTON TX GULF FREEWAY SERVICE
ROADS 12/1795 HARRIS HAVE SOME HIGH
WATER.
1015 AM DICKINSON TX HAM REPORTED 10 INCH
LIMBS 12/17/95 GALVESTON BROKEN IN THE
CITY...TEXAS
CITY REPORTED POWER
OUTAGES.
1020 AM COLDSPRING TX ROOF BLOWN OFF SCHOOL
(TIME 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO UNKNOWN)
1024 AM HOUSTON TX HIGH WATER ON SERVICE
ROAD OF 12/17/95 HARRIS I-10 BETWEEN
FEDERAL...UVALDE
AND MCCLARTY.
1030 AM NEAR CLEVELAND TX TREES DOWN ON FM 1010.
12/17/95 LIBERTY BEFORE 1015 AM
1034 AM SMITH POINT TX LOTS OF HAIL AT 1030 AM.
WIND 12/17/95 CHAMBERS DAMAGE...ESTIMATED
60 MPH.
WIND IN WINNIE AT
10-1015 AM.
CARS BLOWN OFF I-10.
1035 AM LAKE JACKSON TX PEA SIZE HAIL AND HIGH
WINDS 12/17/95 BRAZORIA HWY 288
1036 AM ROLEOVER PASS TX POSSIBLE TORNADO
12/17/95 OFFSHORE WATERS
BRAZORIA COUNTY
1040 AM HOUSTON TX TREES DOWN NORTH LOOP
EAST OF 12/17/95 HARRIS U.S. 59. (1028
AM) TREES
DOWN BELTWAY 8 SOUTH OF
1-10.
1100 AM HOUSTON TX I-10 TO UVALDE...TREE
BLOWN 12/17/95 HARRIS ON TO CAR...2
PERSONS INJURED
TIME UNKNOWN
1103 AM ANGLETON TX EXTENSIVE STREET
FLOODING ON 12/17/95 BRAZORIA BUSINESS 288.
1125 AM BAY CITY TX HOMES WERE FLOODING DUE
TO 12/17/95 MATAGORDA 6.2 INCHES OF RAIN.
235 PM DICKINSON TX WIDESPREAD STREET
FLOODING 12/17/95 GALVESTON
236 PM THE WOODLANDS TX PEA SIZE HAIL 12/17/95
MONTGOMERY
249 PM SANTA FE TX NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED
6.54 12/17/95 GALVESTON INCHES OF RAIN
250 PM WINNIE TX HWY 124 HAD HIGH WATER
12/17/95 CHAMBERS
605 PM ANGLETON TX WATER IN BUSINESSES
DOWNTOWN 12/17/95 BRAZORIA REPORTED BY PD.
610 PM LAKE JACKSON TX STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY 12/17/95 BRAZORIA LJ POLICE.
612 PM ANGLETON TX SEVERE HAIL REPORTED BY
PD 12/17/95 BRAZORIA ON HWY 220 EAST OF
288.
PERSONS RUNNING FOR
COVER.
635 PM SWEENEY TX HAM REPORT OF 6.5 INCHES
OF 12/17/95 BRAZORIA RAIN.
925 PM LEGGET TX CONFIRMED 1/4 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 POLK REPORTED AT 805 PM BY SO.
935 PM COLLEGE STATION TX AT EASTERWOOD FIELD
REPORTED 12/17/95 BRAZOS 1/4 INCH HAIL
AND .98 INCHES
PER HOUR.Local storm report, Dec 17, 11:36 PM CST, 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...CORRECTED TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1135 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
...REPORTS OF SEVERE EVENTS OCCURRING ON 12/17/95 TIME
.....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
210 AM HWY 908 TX 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED
BY 12/17/95 BURLESON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
325 AM ANDERSON TX STRONG WINDS REPORTED BY
12/17/95 GRIMES COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.
400 AM MONTOGOMERY TX INTERSECTION FMS 1097
AND 105 12/17/95 MONTGOMERY COUNTY VEHICLES BLOWN
OFF ROAD. SIX
TORNADOES REPORTED.
446 AM WILLIS TX PEA SIZE HAIL. 12/17/95
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
515 AM COLDSPRING TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE
CITY. 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY
553 AM LIVINGSTON TX DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
HAIL 12/17/95 POLK REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS OFFICE
553 AM POINT BLANK/COLDSPRING TX SHERIFF RPTD DIME TO
QUARTER 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO COUNTY SIZE HAIL
COVERING GROUND FROM
POINT BLANK TO
COLDSPRING.
600 AM BAY CITY TX 50 KNOT WIND GUST AT BAY
CITY 12/17/95 MATAGORDA COUNTY REPORTED BY SPOTTER
AT 538 AM.
600 AM LIVINSTON TX QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY
615 AM COLDSPRING TX HWY 156 NEAR COLDSPRING.
CARS 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO SLIDING OFF ROAD
DUE TO HAIL
COVERING THE ROAD
615 AM LIVINGSTON TX WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
12/17/95 POLK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...POWER LINES
DOWN/ BRACNCHES BROKEN
622 AM BRENHAM TX BRENHAM POLICE REPORTED
12/17/95 WASHINGTON BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
632 AM LIVINGSTON TX 3/4 INCH HAIL IN
LIVINGSTON 12/17/95 POLK POLICE
OFFICER REPORTED WIND
DAMAGE TO HIS CAR
(POSSIBLE
TORNADO) AT 549
AM...STREET
FLOODING...
632 AM BRAZORIA TX ESTIMATED 50 KNOT WIND
GUST 12/17/95 BRAZORIA
723 AM TIPPY CREEK TX OVERTURNED TRAILER 4.5
MILES 12/17/95 POLK WEST OF
LIVINGSTON...INJURIES
REPORTED.
730 AM LIVINGSTON TX CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE
CITY 12/17/95 POLK OF
LIVINGSTON...SHERIFF REPORT
TREES DOWN...CARS
DAMAGED AND
ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS.
735 AM BLESSING TX SHERIFF CONFIRMED
TORNADO 12/17/95 MATAGORDA NEAR
BLESSING...ROOF DAMAGE
AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
805 AM COLLEGEPORT TX NUMEROUS DAMAGE
REPORTS... 12/17/95 MATAGORDA UNCONFIRMED
TORNADO...TREES
DOWN...HOUSES IN MARKHAM
DAMAGED...WINDOWS BLOWN
OUT IN
BAY CITY WITH ROOF
DAMAGE AND
UTILITY POLES DOWN.
835 AM WEST COLUMBIA TX DIME SIZE HAIL 12/17/95
BRAZORIA
835 AM PECAN GROVE TX FLOODING OF STREETS
12/17/95 FT BEND
913 AM EDNA TX SHERIFF REPORTED STREET
12/17/95 JACKSON FLOODING
916 AM HOUSTON TX GULF FREEWAY SERVICE
ROADS 12/1795 HARRIS HAVE SOME HIGH
WATER.
1015 AM DICKINSON TX HAM REPORTED 10 INCH
LIMBS 12/17/95 GALVESTON BROKEN IN THE
CITY...TEXAS
CITY REPORTED POWER
OUTAGES.
1020 AM COLDSPRING TX ROOF BLOWN OFF SCHOOL
(TIME 12/17/95 SAN JACINTO UNKNOWN)
1024 AM HOUSTON TX HIGH WATER ON SERVICE
ROAD OF 12/17/95 HARRIS I-10 BETWEEN
FEDERAL...UVALDE
AND MCCLARTY.
1030 AM NEAR CLEVELAND TX TREES DOWN ON FM 1010.
12/17/95 LIBERTY BEFORE 1015 AM
1034 AM SMITH POINT TX LOTS OF HAIL AT 1030 AM.
WIND 12/17/95 CHAMBERS DAMAGE...ESTIMATED
60 MPH.
WIND IN WINNIE AT
10-1015 AM.
CARS BLOWN OFF I-10.
1035 AM LAKE JACKSON TX PEA SIZE HAIL AND HIGH
WINDS 12/17/95 BRAZORIA HWY 288
1036 AM ROLEOVER PASS TX POSSIBLE TORNADO
12/17/95 OFFSHORE WATERS
BRAZORIA COUNTY
1040 AM HOUSTON TX TREES DOWN NORTH LOOP
EAST OF 12/17/95 HARRIS U.S. 59. (1028
AM) TREES
DOWN BELTWAY 8 SOUTH OF
1-10.
1100 AM HOUSTON TX I-10 TO UVALDE...TREE
BLOWN 12/17/95 HARRIS ON TO CAR...2
PERSONS INJURED
TIME UNKNOWN
1103 AM ANGLETON TX EXTENSIVE STREET
FLOODING ON 12/17/95 BRAZORIA BUSINESS 288.
1125 AM BAY CITY TX HOMES WERE FLOODING DUE
TO 12/17/95 MATAGORDA 6.2 INCHES OF RAIN.
235 PM DICKINSON TX WIDESPREAD STREET
FLOODING 12/17/95 GALVESTON
236 PM THE WOODLANDS TX PEA SIZE HAIL 12/17/95
MONTGOMERY
249 PM SANTA FE TX NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED
6.54 12/17/95 GALVESTON INCHES OF RAIN
250 PM WINNIE TX HWY 124 HAD HIGH WATER
12/17/95 CHAMBERS
605 PM ANGLETON TX WATER IN BUSINESSES
DOWNTOWN 12/17/95 BRAZORIA REPORTED BY PD.
610 PM LAKE JACKSON TX STREET FLOODING REPORTED
BY 12/17/95 BRAZORIA LJ POLICE.
612 PM ANGLETON TX SEVERE HAIL REPORTED BY
PD 12/17/95 BRAZORIA ON HWY 220 EAST OF
288.
PERSONS RUNNING FOR
COVER.
635 PM SWEENEY TX HAM REPORT OF 6.5 INCHES
OF 12/17/95 BRAZORIA RAIN.
925 PM LEGGET TX CONFIRMED 1/4 INCH HAIL
12/17/95 POLK REPORTED AT 805 PM BY SO.
935 PM COLLEGE STATION TX AT EASTERWOOD FIELD
REPORTED 12/17/95 BRAZOS 1/4 INCH HAIL
AND< .98 INCHES
PER HOUR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 58 min |
| Dec 17, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 60 min |
| Dec 17, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 55 min |
| Dec 17, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 50 min |
| Dec 17, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 65 min |
| Dec 17, 9:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 65 min |
| Dec 17, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 60 min |
| Dec 18, 2:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 57 min |
| Dec 18, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Washington | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 66 min |
| Dec 18, 3:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado | 114 min |
| Dec 18, 3:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 114 min |
| Dec 18, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes | 66 min |
| Dec 18, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 66 min |
| Dec 18, 3:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin | 62 min |
| Dec 18, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin | 62 min |
| Dec 18, 3:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Wharton | 58 min |
| Dec 18, 4:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Waller | 55 min |
| Dec 18, 4:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 61 min |
| Dec 18, 4:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 61 min |
| Dec 18, 4:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes | 118 min |
| Dec 18, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 118 min |
| Dec 18, 4:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 117 min |
| Dec 18, 4:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 117 min |
| Dec 18, 4:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 119 min |
| Dec 18, 4:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 119 min |
| Dec 18, 4:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 68 min |
| Dec 18, 4:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado | 2 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 2 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Dec 18, 5:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 57 min |
| Dec 18, 5:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 66 min |
| Dec 18, 6:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 56 min |
| Dec 18, 6:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 57 min |
| Dec 18, 6:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 6:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.