Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1999, 8:50 PM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 10, 1999, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Galveston County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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, 9:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston, TX | Numerous power poles, street signs and traffic signs blown down between 61st and 71st Streets near Harborside Drive. Roof of home torn off and 2-ton boat blown into car along Channelview Drive. Numerous reports of trees and power lines down across island. |
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, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 16 min |
| May 10, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 15 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.