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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 1, 2004San Jacinto County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 2004, 5:38 AM CST for San Jacinto County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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: Nov 1, 2004, 5:38 AM CST (11:38 UTC)
Expired: Nov 1, 2004, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties San Jacinto County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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 Nov 1, 4:00 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 1, 4:00 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 1, 5:05 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 1, 3:43 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX	107 min
Nov 1, 5:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX	89 min
Nov 1, 6:55 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX	95 min
Nov 1, 8:37 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX	113 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004 Every 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.