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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 21, 2008Liberty County, Polk County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT for Liberty County, Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 20 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: Jun 21, 2008, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2008, 3:38 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
110 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-221200-
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-
110 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT ALONG WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE...DAYTIME HEATING
AND THE SEABREEZE WILL PROVIDE FOR ANOTHER CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL THE PRIMARY
WEATHER THREAT. STORM MOTIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SLOW...SO THE
STRONGER CELLS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE DIFFUSE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL SOMEWHERE NEAR THE INTERSTATE
10 CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY AND PROVIDE ANOTHER SHOT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. OTHERWISE...HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:05 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
305 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     TSTM WND GST     LIVINGSTON              30.71N 94.94W
06/21/2008  E60 MPH          POLK               TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH AT THE SHERIFFS
            OFFICE IN LIVINGSTON.

&&

KP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Polk, Trinity, Walker	43 min
Jun 21, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	50 min
Jun 21, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Waller	40 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	29 min
Jun 21, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria	47 min
Jun 21, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	48 min
Jun 21, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		119 min
Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	44 min
Jun 21, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris	48 min
Jun 21, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	50 min
Jun 21, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	41 min
Jun 21, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	31 min
Jun 21, 6:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	2 hr
Jun 21, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	42 min
Jun 21, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	47 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.