Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 57 min |
| Sep 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Washington | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 55 min |
| Sep 19, 12:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 57 min |
| Sep 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 49 min |
| Sep 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 64 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.