Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1999, 6:30 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 10 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
- May 10, 1999, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1999, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Channelview, TX | School roof damaged and trees down in area. |
| May 10, 6:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Alvin, TX | One mobile home destroyed and several mobile homes damaged at Pine Colony subdivision. Car overturned along CR 296. |
| May 10, 6:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Baytown, TX | Bow echo tracked across Baytown area. Roof damaged at Sterling H.S., with roof damage at apartments in Cloverleaf area and at parking garage on Texas Ave. Tractor-trailer blown over at I-10 and Thompson Road. Widespread reports of large trees, fences, and p |
| May 10, 6:45 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Sugarland, TX | |
| May 10, 6:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheldon, TX | Power lines blown down at intersection of Beltway 8 and US 90. |
| May 10, 7:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park, TX | Trees blown onto house and power poles down. |
| May 10, 7:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Iowa Colony, TX | High winds damaged water well system in Iowa Colony |
| May 10, 7:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | La Porte, TX | Wind gust of 60 mph at Baytown-La Porte bridge. |
| May 10, 7:10 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | La Porte, TX | |
| May 10, 7:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Deer Park, TX | Signs blown down near Ship Channel. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 51 min |
| May 10, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 41 min |
| May 10, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto | 63 min |
| May 10, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 60 min |
| May 10, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 60 min |
| May 10, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 62 min |
| May 10, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 62 min |
| May 10, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 63 min |
| May 10, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 60 min |
| May 10, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 35 min |
| May 10, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.