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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2006, 5:19 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 18, 2006, 5:19 AM CDT (10:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2006, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 Sep 18, 3:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 3:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 3:55 PM CDT, 13 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-181230- 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- 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .DAY ONE AND TWO...TONIGHT AND MONDAY A COMBINATION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION LANE OVER MEXICO AND GULF MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REGION WILL HELP TO FUEL NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS WILL SHIFT EAST AND LIFT THIS MOISTURE NORTHWARDS WHILE DRIVING A COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIFT TO CAUSE A LARGE SWATH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE REGION AND SLOWLY TRAVERSE THE AREA. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SUSTAINED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...BRINGING RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH NOON MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A MARGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WINDS IN THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE THAT VEER FROM SOUTH TO WEST WITH HEIGHT MAY LEAD TO A THREAT OF SHORT LIVED TORNADOES OR POSSIBLY MICROBURSTS. THE RAIN SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT PUSHES OUT INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY THREE THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Trinity, Walker, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 63 min | |
| Sep 18, 5:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 85 min | |
| Sep 18, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 44 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.