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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 12, 2001Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2001, 8:59 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 12, 2001, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 12, 8:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 8:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.