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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 29, 2005San Jacinto County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2005, 6:12 PM CDT for San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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
May 29, 2005, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2005, 7:20 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Jacinto County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 29, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 May 29, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 12:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1229 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-301200-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-
GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
1229 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS A MID AND UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE. THIS ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRESSES.
LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POTENTIAL
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS LATER ON TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMMON LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING
3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
A SLOW MOVING MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SHIFT
EAST AND MOVE OVERHEAD ON MONDAY. THIS FEATURE...COUPLED WITH A
VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WILL TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A
POSSIBILITY ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 29, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto, Walker48 min
May 28, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto, Walker48 min
May 28, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXPolk, Trinity36 min
May 28, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk50 min
May 29, 2:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX114 min
May 29, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX113 min
May 29, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston41 min
May 29, 5:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX55 min
May 29, 6:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX66 min
May 29, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado44 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXAustin, Colorado48 min
May 29, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Wharton45 min
May 29, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty51 min
May 29, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk40 min
May 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington43 min
May 29, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado43 min
May 29, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty29 min
May 29, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson58 min
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk55 min
May 29, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty43 min
May 29, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson52 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.