Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1997, 3:25 PM CDT for Polk County, Trinity County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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 25, 1997, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1997, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Polk County, TX, Trinity County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 25, 3:31 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Onalaska, TX | |
| Apr 25, 3:59 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Groveton, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 8:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Washington | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Waller | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.