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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2008, 8:02 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2008, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 Aug 4, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 432 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-052145- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 432 PM CDT MON AUG 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND DAMAGE BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. OTHERWISE...RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WILL PERIODICALLY BE MOVING IN OVERNIGHT AS THE STORM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT THREATS TO THE AREA. .DAY TWO...TUESDAY TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO THE ELEVATED TIDES...HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC AND RELEVANT THREATS TO THE AREA. MARINERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. .DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EDOUARD IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION TO THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY THOUGH RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AS GULF MOISTURE STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE AREA SHOULD DRY OUT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 10:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 116 min |
| Aug 5, 11:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 2 hr |
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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.