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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 3, 1999Colorado County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1999, 2:07 PM CST for Colorado County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 3, 1999, 2:07 PM CST (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1999, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Colorado County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 3, 5:45 AM CST, 8 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 5:45 AM CST, 8 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 1:00 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

TXZ163-040000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
100 PM CST SAT APR 3 1999

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR HOUSTON COUNTY...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE DRYLINE PRODUCED AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN SPEEDING EASTWARD. THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL
BE MOVING INTO A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY MORE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY...SPAWNING TORNADOES AND
DAMAGING MICROBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN HOUSTON COUNTY AROUND 2 PM.

THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS...BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE WATCH AREA EXTENDS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
FAIRFIELD TO NACOGDOCHES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	30 min
Apr 3, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	61 min
Apr 3, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	64 min
Apr 3, 4:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Montgomery	29 min
Apr 3, 4:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	67 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	3 hr
Apr 3, 5:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	45 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.