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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 19, 1996Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 1996, 2:30 AM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 1996, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 1996, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Galveston 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 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 Sep 18, 8:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 8:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 9:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-191200-

SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
910 PM CDT WED SEP 18 1996

THERE IS THE THREAT TONIGHT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE NORTH AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION MAINLY NORTH AND
WEST OF A LIVINGSTON...CONROE...PRAIRIE VIEW...WHARTON LINE.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE REGION WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO
PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE...
ADDITIONALLY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL POSE A THREAT AS WELL.  THE
MAJORITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG COOL THUNDERSTORM
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM NEAR WACO TO THE
COLLEGE STATION AREA.  IN THE STRONGER STORMS RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER BEING DAMAGING WINDS.

ON THURSDAY THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
CONTINUE WITH AN ADDED MECHANISM THE SEA BREEZE FRONT MOVING ONSHORE
DURING THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL FOLLOW EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING AS MORE DATA BECOME AVAILABLE.

EMERGvENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO
MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWalker64 min
Sep 18, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Madison57 min
Sep 18, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson, Washington63 min
Sep 18, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXWashington48 min
Sep 18, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto63 min
Sep 18, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin55 min
Sep 19, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris3 hr
Sep 19, 2:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris57 min
Sep 19, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity49 min
Sep 19, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto45 min
Sep 19, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXPolk, Trinity46 min
Sep 19, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.