Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 1999, 4:25 AM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Mar 19, 1999, 4:25 AM CST (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1999, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:25 AM CST | Hail 1 | Cypress, TX | |
| Mar 19, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Cypress, TX | Tornado in Cypress. Roof damage, trees uprooted and fences blown 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 5:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 8:35 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 115 min |
| Mar 19, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 118 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.