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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 18, 1995Austin County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 18, 1995, 3:43 AM CST for Austin County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 1995, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 1995, 4:45 AM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Austin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 261 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3643 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.7
Supercell composite
-2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHOU 180944
TORHOU
TXC015-181045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
343 AM CST MON DEC 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...AUSTIN COUNTY
 
AT 340 AM...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAT SPRING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE CITIES
OF CAT SPRING AND BELLVILLE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE STORM
WILL REACH CAT SPRING BY 350 AM AND BELLVILLE BY 405 AM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM..x. SUCH AS A CLOSET OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH
CUSHIONS... BLANKETS... OR PILLOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Dec 18, 3:40 AM CST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 18, 3:40 AM CST, 3 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
340 AM CST MON DEC 18 1995

HGX WSR-88D STILL DOWN AS WE WAIT FOR PARTS TO ARRIVE.  ALSO STILL
RELYING ON GRK/EWX/FWS FOR INPUT.  THANKS YALL.

SEVERE WX OPERATIONS CONTINUING THIS MORNING AS ANOTHER JET STREAK
ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE DEEP MID/UPPER LOW (CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER
NM/AZ BORDER) INDUCING ACTIVITY OVER SE TX AHEAD OF THE WEAK QUASI
-STATIONARY BOUNDARY FROM TXK TO GRK TO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LRD/DLF.
HELICITY VALUES THRU THE ROOF AS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AMS REMAINS IN
PLACE.  WHILE ALL 3 MODELS HAVE COME AROUND AND ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD
AGREEMENT WILL GAMBLE WITH A SLOWER MOVEMENT OF ALL FEATURES.  W/V
IMAGERY INDICATED THE LOW HAS NOT MOVED MUCH THIS MORNING...A VERY
SLIGHT SHIFT TO THE S IF AT ALL...WHICH SHUD HELP TO DELAY THINGS.
LOOPS ALSO SHOW ANOTHER STREAK STARTING TO MOVE IN AROUND ON ITS W
SIDE.  THE TIMING OF THIS TO SC/SE TX (FROM RAMSDIS) APPEARS TO BE
SOMETIME AFTER NOON.  THUS...WILL KEEP POPS UP TODY ALONG WITH THE
MENTION OF SVRWX/HVY RAINS.  FFA WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO EWX FOR
THEIR PERUSAL.  FROPA TO THE COAST BY THE EARLY EVENING WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS.  P/C SKIES BY TOMORROW IF IT ALL COMES TO PASS.  41

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 17, 11:12 PM CST, 4 hours 31 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, 4 hours 29 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, 4 hours 20 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, 4 hours 8 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, 4 hours 7 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 18, 2:26 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
225 AM CST MON DEC 187 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
12/17/95    BURLESON COUNTY                  BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

325 AM      ANDERSON                  TX     STRONG WINDS REPORTEDY
12/17/95    GRIMES COUNTY                    BY SHERIFF OFFICE.

400 AM      MONTGOMERY                TX     INTERSECTION FMS 1097
12/17/95    MONTGOMERY COUNTY                AND 105. VEHICLES BLOWN
                                             OFF ROAD. 6 TORNADOES
                                             REPORTED.

446 AM      WILLIS                    TX     PEA SIZE HAIL.
12/17/95    MONTGOMERY COUNTY

515 AM      COLDSPRING                TX     QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN
12/17/95    SAN JACINTO                      THE CITY.

553 AM      LIVINGSTON                TX     DIME TO QUARTER SIZE
12/17/95    POLK                             REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

553 AM      POINT BLANK/COLDSPRING    TX     SHERIFF RPTD DIME/QUARTER
12/17/95    SAN JACINTO COUNTY               SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND
                                             FROM POINT BLANK TO
                                             COLDSPRING.

600 AM      BAY CITY                  TX     50 KT WIND GUST AT BAY
12/17/95    MATAGORDA COUNTY                 CITY 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.
12/17/95    SAN JACINTO                      CARS SLIDING OFF ROAD DUE
                                             HAIL COVERING THE ROAD

615 AM      LIVINGSTON                TX     WIND DAMAGE REPORTED BY
12/17/95    POLK COUNTY                      SHERIFF OFFICE. POWER
                                             LINES DOWN/BRANCHES BROKEN

622 AM      BRENHAM                   TX     BRENHAM POLICE REPORTED
12/17/95    WASHINGTON                       BASEBALL SIZE HAIL

632 AM      LIVINGSTON                TX     3/4 INCH HAIL IN CITY
12/17/95    POLK                             POLICE OFFICER REPORTED
                                             WIND DAMAGE TO HIS CAR
                                             (POSSIBLE TORNADO) AT 549
                                             AM...STREET FLOODING.

632 AM      BRAZORIA                  TX     ESTMD 50 KNOT WIND GUST
12/17/95    BRAZORIA

723 AM      TIPPY CREEK               TX     OVERTURNED TRAILER 4.5
12/17/95    POLK                             MILES WEST OF LIVINGSTON
                                             INJURIES REPORTED.

730 AM      LIVINGSTON                TX     CONFIRMED TORNADO IN THE
12/17/95    POLK                             CITY...SHERIFF REPORT
                                             TREES DOWN...CARS DAMAGED
                                             AND ROOFS OFF BUILDINGS.

735 AM      BLESSING                  TX     SHERIFF CONFIRMED TORNADO
12/17/95    MATAGORDA                        NEAR BLESSING...ROOF DMG
                                             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/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 REPORTS POWER OUTAGES

1020 AM     COLDSPRING                TX     ROOF BLOWN OFF SCHOOL
12/17/95    SAN JACINTO                      (TIME UNKNOWN)

1024 AM     HOUSTON                   TX     HIGH WATER ON SERVICE
12/17/95    HARRIS                           ROADS OF 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.
12/17/95    CHAMBERS                         WIND DAMAGE...ESTIMATED 60
                                             MPH. CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD
WINNIE AT 10                                 IN WINNIE AT 10-1015 AM ON
                                             I-10

1035 AM     LAKE JACKSON              TX     PEA SIZE HAIL AND HIGH
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         WINDS ON HWY 288

1036 AM     ROLEOVER PASS             TX     POSSIBLE TORNADO
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         OFFSHORE WATERS

1040 AM     HOUSTON                   TX     TREES DOWN NORTH LOOP
12/17/95    HARRIS                           EAST OF 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
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         BUSINESS 288.

1125 AM     BAY CITY                  TX     HOMES WERE FLOODING DUE
12/17/95    MATAGORDA                        TO 6.2 INCHES OF RAIN.

235 PM      DICKINSON                 TX     WIDESPREAD STREET FLOOD-
12/17/95    GALVESTON                        ING

236 PM      THE WOODLANDS             TX     PEA SIZE HAIL
12/17/95    MONTGOMERY

249 PM      SANTA FE                  TX     NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED
12/17/95    GALVESTON                        6.54 INCHES OF RAIN

250 PM      WINNIE                    TX     HWY 124 HAD HIGH WATER
12/17/95    CHAMBERS

605 PM      ANGLETON                  TX     WATER IN BUSINESSES
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         DOWNTOWN REPORTED BY PD.

610 PM      LAKE JACKSON              TX     STREET FLOODING REPORTED
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         BY POLICE.

612 PM      ANGLETON                  TX     SEVERE HAIL REPORTED BY
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         PD ON HWY 220 EAST OF 288.
                                             PERSONS RUNNING FOR COVER.

635 PM      SWEENEY                   TX     HAM REPORT OF 6.5 INCHES
12/17/95    BRAZORIA                         OF RAIN.

925 PM      LEGGETT                   TX     CONFIRMED 1/4 INCH HAIL
12/17/95    POLK                             REPORTED AT 805 PM BY SO.

935 PM      COLLEGE STATION           TX     AT EASTERWOOD FIELD RPTD
12/17/95    BRAZOS                           1/4 INCH HAIL AND .98
                                             PER HOUR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 6:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria58 min
Dec 17, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXTrinity60 min
Dec 17, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk55 min
Dec 17, 8:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson, Washington50 min
Dec 17, 8:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson65 min
Dec 17, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Madison65 min
Dec 17, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Madison60 min
Dec 18, 12:26 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Galveston3 hr
Dec 18, 2:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin57 min
Dec 18, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington45 min
Dec 18, 2:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado66 min
Dec 18, 3:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado114 min
Dec 18, 3:06 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXColorado114 min
Dec 18, 3:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes66 min
Dec 18, 3:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWalker66 min
Dec 18, 3:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin62 min
Dec 18, 3:47 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXWharton58 min
Dec 18, 4:05 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXWaller55 min
Dec 18, 4:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend61 min
Dec 18, 4:14 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend61 min
Dec 18, 4:17 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXGrimes118 min
Dec 18, 4:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes118 min
Dec 18, 4:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris117 min
Dec 18, 4:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris117 min
Dec 18, 4:46 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXMontgomery119 min
Dec 18, 4:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery119 min
Dec 18, 4:52 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris68 min
Dec 18, 4:57 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado2 hr
Dec 18, 4:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado2 hr
Dec 18, 5:12 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery63 min
Dec 18, 5:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson57 min
Dec 18, 5:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty66 min
Dec 18, 6:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk56 min
Dec 18, 6:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXLiberty, Polk3 hr
Dec 18, 6:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris57 min
Dec 18, 6:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda3 hr
Dec 18, 6:37 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Galveston3 hr
Dec 18, 6:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty65 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.