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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 4, 2008Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas

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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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers3 hr
Aug 5, 10:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGalveston, Harris4 hr
Aug 5, 10:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXChambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery116 min
Aug 5, 11:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXChambers, Harris2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every 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.