Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 12, 1996Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1996, 5:36 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Apr 12, 1996, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1996, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 5:53 PM CDTHail 0.75Woodlands, 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston66 min
Apr 12, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXTrinity63 min
Apr 12, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto50 min
Apr 12, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk36 min
Apr 12, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty55 min
Apr 12, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.