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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 2004, 1:24 PM CST for Houston County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2004, 1:24 PM CST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2004, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Houston County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 8:45 AM CST | Tornado 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 Nov 23, 1:19 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 1:19 PM CST, 5 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 455 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-241200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY- POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 455 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST... AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING. WITH THE SOIL ALREADY SATURATED... ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO A FLOOD SITUATION. EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...STRONG WIND SHEAR AND LOW LEVEL INFLOW WILL HELP PRODUCE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT ALTHOUGH SOME THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WILL EXIST AS WELL. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT ENDING THE FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 23, 8:53 AM CST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 853 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 TXZ163-164-176-177-195>199-210>212-232100- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON- MONTGOMERY-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- 853 AM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH 883 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 3 PM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. WIND FIELDS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE AUSTIN... BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...GRIMES...HOUSTON...MADISON... MONTGOMERY...TRINITY...WALKER...WALLER...AND WASHINGTON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES TODAY.
Special weather statement, Nov 23, 9:44 AM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 6:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 8:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Wharton | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 10:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 10:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 2 hr |
| Nov 23, 8:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 60 min | |
| Nov 23, 9:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 64 min | |
| Nov 23, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 38 min |
| Nov 23, 10:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 96 min | |
| Nov 23, 11:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 26 min |
| Nov 23, 12:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 36 min |
| Nov 23, 12:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 59 min |
| Nov 23, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 30 min |
| Nov 23, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto | 38 min |
| Nov 23, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Polk, San Jacinto, Washington | 44 min |
| Nov 23, 1:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Trinity | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 49 min |
| Nov 23, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 37 min |
| Nov 23, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Washington | 40 min |
| Nov 23, 2:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 38 min |
| Nov 23, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 46 min |
| Nov 23, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Trinity | 29 min |
| Nov 23, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Washington | 26 min |
| Nov 23, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Waller | 34 min |
| Nov 23, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes | 43 min |
| Nov 23, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 47 min |
| Nov 23, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Trinity | 31 min |
| Nov 23, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 15 min |
| Nov 23, 3:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 51 min |
| Nov 23, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 46 min |
| Nov 23, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 62 min |
| Nov 23, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Nov 23, 4:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Trinity | 3 hr |
| Nov 23, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 44 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.