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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 1, 200823 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 1, 2008, 5:08 AM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 1, 2008, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2008, 5:08 AM CST (11:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 1, 2008, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 1, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

All 23 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jan 1, 3:55 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:55 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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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.