Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 20, 1997Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1997, 2:46 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 20, 1997, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 20, 2:51 PM CDTHail 0.75Houston, TXHail between Houston IAH and Cypress.

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.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.