Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 11, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chambers County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cove, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Wharton | 118 min |
| Apr 11, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Wharton | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda, Wharton | 33 min |
| Apr 11, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 61 min |
| Apr 11, 4:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 68 min |
| Apr 11, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 67 min |
| Apr 11, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 5:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 9:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Wharton | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Apr 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 58 min |
| Apr 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.