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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 26, 1998San Jacinto County, Trinity County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 1998, 12:37 AM CST for San Jacinto County, Trinity County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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: Feb 26, 1998, 12:37 AM CST (06:37 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 1998, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX

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 26, 12:00 AM 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 Feb 25, 8:37 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 8:37 PM CST, 4 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 25, 9:31 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 9:31 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 11:45 PM CST, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 25, 11:45 PM CST, 52 minutes before

TXZ163-164-177>179-198>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-261130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1145 PM CST WED FEB 25 1998

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 AM THU FEB 26 1998 FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...GRIMES...WASHINGTON...AUSTIN...COLORADO...WALLER...WHARTON
...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...MADISON...HOUSTON...
WALKER... MONTGOMERY...HARRIS...GALVESTON...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...
SAN JACINTO...POLK...TRINITY

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE AND A
DRY LINE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE MOVING EASTWARD INTO AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY
OCCURRING AND PRODUCING GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
OVER 60 MPH EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD
AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS.  THE MAJOR THREAT IS FOR HAIL ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80S MPH...HOWEVER ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Feb 26, 12:05 AM CST, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 26, 12:05 AM CST, 32 minutes before

TXZ163-164-177>179-198>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-261130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1205 AM CST THU FEB 26 1998

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6 AM THU FEB 26 1998 FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...GRIMES...WASHINGTON...AUSTIN...COLORADO...WALLER...WHARTON
...JACKSON...MATAGORDA...BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...MADISON...HOUSTON...
WALKER... MONTGOMERY...HARRIS...GALVESTON...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...
SAN JACINTO...POLK...TRINITY

A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN RIO GRANDE AND A
DRY LINE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE MOVING EASTWARD INTO AN
INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY
OCCURRING AND PRODUCING GOLF-BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
OVER 60 MPH EAST OF THE HILL COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD
AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS.  THE MAJOR THREAT IS FOR HAIL ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80S MPH...HOWEVER ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ALERT AND CLOSELY MONITOR THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR
UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 25, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Burleson	61 min
Feb 25, 10:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos	61 min
Feb 25, 11:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Washington	60 min
Feb 25, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison	62 min
Feb 25, 11:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	62 min
Feb 26, 12:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	59 min
Feb 26, 12:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Waller	65 min
Feb 26, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado	60 min
Feb 26, 1:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk	64 min
Feb 26, 2:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Washington	3 hr
Feb 26, 3:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin	3 hr
Feb 26, 4:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado, Wharton	59 min
Feb 26, 4:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	36 min
Feb 26, 4:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	112 min
Feb 26, 5:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Matagorda	32 min
Feb 26, 5:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria	29 min
Feb 26, 6:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	46 min
Feb 26, 6:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	48 min
Feb 26, 6:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	44 min

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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.