Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1996, 5:42 PM CDT for San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1996, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Cape Royale, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 Jul 4, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 235 PM CDT THU JUL 4 1996 UPR LVL ENERGY HAS ARRIVED AND PRODUCING SCATTERED TSTMS OVR NE ZONES ATTM. EXPECT STORMS TO CONT DEVELOPING AND MOVE SSW ACRS FA INTO THE EVENING HRS. THETA-E LAPSE RATE FM SFC TO 500 MB IS NEAR 40 DEGREES SO EACH STORM WILL BARE WATCHING FOR POTENTIAL DOWNBURST WINDS. PROBABLY SHUD UP POPS FOR THIS EVENING TO 30% OVR N AND CNTRL ZONES. FOR FRIDAY...UPR LVL RIDGE TO WEST REMAINS INTACT WITH MDLS SHOWING SHRT WV ENERGY CONTG TO RIDE DOWN EAST PERIPHERY. THETA-E RIDGE AND STRNG POOL OF HIGH PW'S NOTED ACRS E TX WHERE OUTFLOW BNDRYS FM NORTH AND UPR LVL ENERGY WILL MOST LIKELY TRANSVERSE. ALL ADDS UP TO GOING 30% POPS FOR AFTN/EVNG TSTMS ALL ZONES ONE MORE TIME ON FRI. FOR SAT...LOOKS LIKE RIDGE BLDS SLGTLY EWD AND PUSHES UPR LVL SHRT WVS FURTHER EAST...MAYBE KEEPING FA OUT OF HARMS WAY. THEREFORE...FOR NOW WILL ONLY GO SLGT CHC POPS AND EXPECT CONT HOT TMPS. STICKING CLOSE TO PERSISTENCE ON TMPS THRU PERIOD. PRELIMS FOLLOW. 39 CLL 75/99/75/99 3322 IAH 73/96/75/96 3322 GLS 79/92/79/92 2322
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 64 min |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.