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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 8, 2005Houston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2005, 8:49 AM CDT for Houston County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2005, 8:49 AM CDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2005, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 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 13:49 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
May 8, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 May 8, 6:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 6:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 5:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 5:40 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 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	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	49 min
May 8, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	40 min
May 8, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk	48 min
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	31 min
May 8, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	30 min
May 8, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	47 min
May 8, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Matagorda	53 min
May 8, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		66 min
May 8, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	43 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		60 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	30 min
May 8, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda	65 min
May 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	45 min
May 8, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		66 min
May 8, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	52 min
May 8, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers	56 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.