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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 12, 1999Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1999, 11:19 AM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
May 12, 1999, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1999, 12:20 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 11:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindLeague City, TXPower pole down.

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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson67 min
May 11, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos40 min
May 11, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson35 min
May 11, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGrimes35 min
May 11, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Walker41 min
May 12, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery50 min
May 12, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto39 min
May 12, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto43 min
May 12, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin58 min
May 12, 7:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty40 min
May 12, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXSan Jacinto119 min
May 12, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, Waller45 min
May 12, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris62 min
May 12, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris57 min
May 12, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.