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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 7, 2001Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2001, 6:49 PM CDT for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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: May 7, 2001, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 May 7, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 3:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 7, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	41 min
May 6, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison	52 min
May 6, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker	47 min
May 6, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk	47 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Burleson, Washington	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.