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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 11, 2003Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2003, 3:29 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Wharton 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: Aug 11, 2003, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 11, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 11, 2:55 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:55 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 7:00 AM CDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
0110 PM CDT MON AUG 11 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 AM    GROVETON                  TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/11/03   TRINITY                        TREES DOWN AT COURTHOUSE

1210 PM    POINT BLANK               TX   0.88 IN HAIL
08/11/03   SAN JACINTO

1220 PM    RIVERSIDE                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/11/03   WALKER                         TREES DOWN

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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
Aug 11, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	49 min
Aug 11, 11:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Trinity	44 min
Aug 11, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk	48 min
Aug 11, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	San Jacinto	49 min
Aug 11, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Walker	56 min
Aug 11, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos	39 min
Aug 11, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Montgomery	64 min
Aug 11, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	San Jacinto	28 min
Aug 11, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Walker	61 min
Aug 11, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		114 min
Aug 11, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Washington	51 min
Aug 11, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	21 min
Aug 11, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	47 min
Aug 11, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	39 min
Aug 11, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		116 min
Aug 11, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		2 hr
Aug 11, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Matagorda	51 min
Aug 11, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	30 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.