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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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
The Houston radar (KHGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 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 && 33/43
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 10:47 AM CDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 29 min |
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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.