Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1998, 7:22 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min. 5 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
- Jul 17, 1998, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1998, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearland, TX | Large limbs blown down at HWY 35 & FM 518. |
| Jul 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Pearland, TX | |
| Jul 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Houston, TX | Hail at Post Oak & Braeswood. |
| Jul 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston, TX | Trees down and structural damage to shopping center at Stells Link & Wood Valley. |
| Jul 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pasadena, TX | Powerlines and trees down in downtown Pasadena. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 68 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.