Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 10, 1998, 11:20 AM CST for Austin County, Fort Bend County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 7 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
- Feb 10, 1998, 11:20 AM CST (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 1998, 12:20 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Austin County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Waller County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 11:25 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cat Spg, TX | Trees blown down, garage destroyed, and house roof blown off. |
| Feb 10, 11:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallis, TX | Roof damage and trees blown down. |
| Feb 10, 11:30 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Sealy, TX | Trees blown down, tin roof blown off building. |
| Feb 10, 11:35 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellville, TX | Wind damage to several barns and businesses. |
| Feb 10, 11:56 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Brookshire, TX | Widespread trees and powerlines down across southern parts of the county, especially near Brookshire. Trailer home destroyed, widespread structural damage, and a car blown off the road. |
| Feb 10, 11:57 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Fulshear, TX | Hanger had upwind and downwind walls blown out at Westheimer Airport. One plane was destroyed. |
| Feb 10, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosenberg, TX | Roof blown off Arrendondo Furniture Store. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 10:00 AM 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 10:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado, Jackson, Wharton | 96 min |
| Feb 10, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 11:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 73 min |
| Feb 10, 11:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 12:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 61 min |
| Feb 10, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 94 min |
| Feb 10, 12:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk | 71 min |
| Feb 10, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 1:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 46 min |
| Feb 10, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 30 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.