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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 11, 2004Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2004, 7:20 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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, 2004, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

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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 Aug 11, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
225 PM CDT WED AUG 11 2004

DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NW OF
THE AREA AND SCT STRONG/SVR TSTMS ARE THE RESULT. WE
EXPECT SHWRS AND TSTMS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ALONG THE
BOUNDARY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WE ALSO EXPECT SCT
SHWRS AND TSTMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA
BREEZE.

MAIN ISSUE IS PRECIP COVERAGE AND SVR TSTM POTENTIAL THIS
EVENING ACROSS SE TX. BEST CHC APPEARS TO BE ACROSS
THE NW ZONES AS THE BOUNDARY WILL BE IN THIS ZONE LATE
THIS AFT/EARLY EVE WITH HEATING STILL OCCURRING. PRECIP
COVERAGE BECOMES MORE QUESTIONABLE FURTHER SOUTH AS
BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH LATER IN THE EVENING. HOWEVER...BASED
ON THE SOUTHEAST FLOW THAT IS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY OVER SE TX...THINK THAT THE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE
WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR CONTINUED TSTM DEVELOPMENT. WILL
RAISE POPS TO LIKELY AREAWIDE TONIGHT. WILL MAINTAIN SVR
TSTM POSSIBILITY...WITH THE MAIN THREATS DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

WILL DROP POPS TOMORROW WITH VERY DRY AIR PUSHING IN
BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS WILL BE
QUITE A CHANGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IN FACT...AM
FORECASTING AT OR BELOW RECORD LOWS FOR INLAND LOCATIONS
ON SAT MORNING.

FOR THE MARINE AREA...WE EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO CAUTION
LEVELS ON THU BEHIND THE FRONT DUE TO THE RELATIVELY COOL AIR
OVER WARM WATER AND THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT.
&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 68 88 63 88 61/ 70 00 00 00
HOUSTON(IAH)          70 89 64 88 63/ 60 05 00 00
GALVESTON (GLS)       76 87 72 86 72/ 60 10 00 00
&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson60 min
Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda65 min
Aug 11, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.