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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 13, 1998Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1998, 1:40 PM CDT for Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1998, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1998, 2:25 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 9:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 9:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris50 min
Aug 13, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWalker47 min
Aug 13, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto63 min
Aug 13, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers61 min
Aug 13, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.