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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 21, 1998Fort Bend County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 1998, 5:59 PM CST for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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: Jan 21, 1998, 5:59 PM CST (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 1998, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Fort Bend County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST	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.

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 Jan 21, 2:35 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:35 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 2:07 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 21, 2:07 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before

GMZ330-335-350-355-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-
235>238-220305-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
207 PM CST WED JAN 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS:
HOUSTON...TRINITY...AUSTIN...JACKSON...WASHINGTON...WHARTON...
BRAZOS...COLORADO...BURLESON...BRAZORIA...GRIMES...MONTGOMERY...
SAN JACINTO...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...FORT BEND...HARRIS...MADISON...
WALKER...GALVESTON...MATAGORDA...POLK...WALLER...INCLUDING THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

THE WATCH ARE ALSO INCLUDES MILAM...ROBERTSON...AND LEON COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD SEVERE
WEATHER APPROACH Y&OUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 1:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado	58 min
Jan 21, 1:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin	60 min
Jan 21, 1:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	62 min
Jan 21, 3:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Burleson	60 min
Jan 21, 3:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Matagorda	60 min
Jan 21, 3:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Jackson	62 min
Jan 21, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Washington	64 min
Jan 21, 4:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Burleson	46 min
Jan 21, 4:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos	64 min
Jan 21, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Madison	63 min
Jan 21, 4:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	62 min
Jan 21, 4:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Wharton	63 min
Jan 21, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda	65 min
Jan 21, 5:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Matagorda	64 min
Jan 21, 5:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	65 min
Jan 21, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	66 min
Jan 21, 5:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.