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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 31, 2007Austin County, Colorado County, Texas

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.

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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
Mar 31, 3:17 AM CDTTornado 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 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado38 min
Mar 31, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton45 min
Mar 31, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton61 min
Mar 31, 5:26 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXColorado, Wharton49 min
Mar 31, 6:05 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris29 min
Mar 31, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris42 min
Mar 31, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX93 min
Mar 31, 8:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX95 min
Mar 31, 9:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX86 min
Mar 31, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.