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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 18, 2003Austin County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2003, 2:49 PM CDT for Austin County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 18, 2003, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Austin County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 18, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 7:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
703 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ARKANSAS EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY INCREASING THE
CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH DAYTIME HEATING THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END AROUND 6 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.  OTHERWISE...SPOTTER
ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR SATURDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		58 min
Jul 18, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	51 min
Jul 18, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.