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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2007, 4:59 AM CDT for Austin County, Colorado County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 31, 2007, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2007, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Austin County, TX, Colorado County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:17 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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 Mar 30, 6:32 PM CDT, 10 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 6:32 PM CDT, 10 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:44 PM CDT, 13 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 344 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-312045- 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- 344 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MOVE EAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST OF A COLUMBUS TO CROCKETT LINE OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL OCCUR AFTER 2 AM. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME 1 TO 2 INCH TOTALS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WEST OF A COLUMBUS TO CROCKETT LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE FIRST HALF OF SATURDAY WILL REMAIN STORMY AS A LINEAR STORM COMPLEX MOVES ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR BEFORE 2 PM. HEAVY RAIN WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND ISOLATED TOTALS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND DEEP MOISTURE FAVOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD AGAIN BE LOCALLY HEAVY. AT THIS TIME...RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON TUESDAY NIGHT. A RAPID WIND SHIFT AND ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOULD ANTICIPATE ACTIVATION LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado, Jackson, Wharton | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado, Wharton | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 6:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 93 min | |
| Mar 31, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 95 min | |
| Mar 31, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 86 min | |
| Mar 31, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr |
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.