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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 21, 1998Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 1998, 8:35 PM CST for Chambers County, Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 4 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: Jan 21, 1998, 8:35 PM CST (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Jan 21, 1998, 9:40 PM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Chambers County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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
Jan 21, 8:58 PM CST	Hail 1	Anahuac, TX
Jan 21, 8:58 PM CST	Hail 1	Hankamer, TX
Jan 21, 9:10 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Winnie, TX
Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Winnie, 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
Jan 21, 8:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm 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, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 2:35 PM CST, 6 hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 6:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Matagorda, Wharton	68 min
Jan 21, 6:18 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Walker	2 hr
Jan 21, 6:21 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery	49 min
Jan 21, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	San Jacinto, Walker	61 min
Jan 21, 6:33 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	3 hr
Jan 21, 6:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Harris	64 min
Jan 21, 6:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk	62 min
Jan 21, 7:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	62 min
Jan 21, 8:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	61 min
Jan 21, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria	65 min
Jan 21, 8:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston, Harris	62 min
Jan 21, 9:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers	3 hr
Jan 21, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	35 min
Jan 21, 9:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	3 hr
Jan 21, 10:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	33 min
Jan 21, 10:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers	64 min
Jan 21, 10:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	64 min
Jan 21, 10:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	67 min
Jan 22, 12:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris	4 hr
Jan 22, 4:27 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers	3 hr
Jan 22, 9:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.