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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 8, 2003Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2003, 5:16 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
Aug 8, 2003, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harris County, TX

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 Aug 8, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
305 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2003

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS STILL FORECAST TO SHIFT WEST OVER THE WEEKEND
ALLOWING LOWER HEIGHTS TO DEVELOP OVER SE TX. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY
LEAD TO COOLER TEMPERATURES. THINK THE MODELS ARE BIT TOO AGGRESSIVE
WITH THE RIDGE SHIFTING WEST AND WILL AGAIN FORECAST TEMPERATURES OF
100 DEGREES OVER MOST OF THE AREA FOR SATURDAY. THE GFS IS VERY
AGGRESSIVE WITH A STRONG S/WV TONIGHT AND A LARGE SWATH OF PRECIP
OVER THE WESTERN ZONES. WILL DISREGARD THIS SOLUTION AS IT APPEARS
TO BE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK. WILL LEAN TOWARD THE ETA AND KEEP
ISOLATED POPS FOR THIS EVENING. HAVE TRENDED COOLER ON SUNDAY FOR A
COUPLE OF REASONS...LOWER HEIGHTS AND CLOUD COVER. BOTH THE ETA AND
GFS INDICATE A STRONG S/WV WILL ROTATE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE
UPPER RIDGE AND PRODUCE A NOCTURNAL MCS WHICH WILL SLIDE SOUTH
ACROSS THE REGION LATE SAT NITE AND SUNDAY. PRECIP AND CLOUD COVER
SHOULD KEEP TEMPS COOLER THAN PAST SEVERAL DAYS. UPPER TROUGH IS
PROGGED TO DEVELOP OVER EAST TEXAS FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. RAIN
CHANCES SHOULD IMPROVE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. CLOUD COVER SHOULD
HELP KEEP TEMPS NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS. WILL MAINTAIN THE HEAT
ADVISORY FOR ONE MORE DAY. INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIP SHOULD
PRECLUDE THE NECESSITY FOR A HEAT ADVISORY ON SUNDAY.

.HGX...HEAT ADVISORY ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

43/33

PRELIMS...
CLL BB 077/101 076/095 073 223
IAH BB 078/100 076/095 074 122
GLS BB 081/092 080/089 079 122
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 7:00 AM CDT, 10 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris44 min
Aug 8, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson27 min
Aug 8, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Washington48 min
Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado47 min
Aug 8, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXColorado34 min
Aug 8, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris45 min
Aug 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris30 min
Aug 8, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.