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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 2, 1999Polk County, Trinity County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT for Polk County, Trinity County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 2, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1999, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Polk County, TX, Trinity County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 2, 7:00 PM CDTHail 1Corrigan, 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 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 2, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston65 min
May 2, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson36 min
May 2, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXTrinity40 min
May 2, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWharton30 min
May 2, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMatagorda, Wharton43 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.