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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 3, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 7:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 3, 2008, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 3, 1:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm 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 Aug 3, 7:18 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:18 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 7:09 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:44 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		54 min
Aug 3, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		51 min
Aug 3, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		61 min
Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDT	Hurricane Watch	HGX		39 days
Aug 3, 10:49 PM CDT	Hurricane Watch	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more	37 hr
Aug 4, 5:22 AM CDT	Tropical Storm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more	35 hr
Aug 4, 5:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 16 more	45 hr
Aug 4, 12:06 PM CDT	Inland Tropical Storm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Montgomery, Polk and 4 more	28 hr
Aug 4, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	52 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.