Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 1996, 2:37 AM CDT for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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 21, 1996, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1996, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Matagorda 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 20, 8:31 PM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 8:31 PM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 829 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996 VERY UNSTABLE ATMOS OVR SETX...AND A TORNADIC TSTM WAS OCCURRING OVR THE WRN PTN OF THE FCST AREA. THIS STM WAS OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE... AND MAY BE EVOLVING INTO A SUPERCELL. WL NEED TO UP THE CHCS FOR PRECIP IN THE CLL AREA TO THE LIKELY CAT. FFA STILL LOOKS GOOD ALSO. ...40...
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 2:10 AM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson | 69 min |
| Sep 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Washington | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller | 60 min |
| Sep 20, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 63 min |
| Sep 20, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Washington | 56 min |
| Sep 20, 9:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Burleson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin | 62 min |
| Sep 20, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 59 min |
| Sep 20, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton | 56 min |
| Sep 20, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 69 min |
| Sep 21, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin | 118 min |
| Sep 21, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 64 min |
| Sep 21, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Sep 21, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 65 min |
| Sep 21, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 3 hr |
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.