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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 14, 2008Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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: May 14, 2008, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 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
May 14, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 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 May 14, 3:32 PM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:32 PM CDT, 7 hours 54 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
May 14, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Madison	45 min
May 15, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson	46 min
May 15, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Madison	46 min
May 15, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	41 min
May 15, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Madison	39 min
May 15, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Trinity, Walker	42 min
May 15, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		39 min
May 15, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk, Trinity	31 min
May 15, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Polk	16 min
May 15, 2:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Montgomery, San Jacinto	16 min
May 15, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		91 min
May 15, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		83 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.