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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 18, 2008Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2008, 8:11 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 18, 2008, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 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 01:13 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 18, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 10:21 AM CDT, 9 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:37 PM CDT, 34 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
Jun 18, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	32 min
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	2 hr
Jun 18, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	24 min
Jun 18, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton	23 min
Jun 18, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	20 min
Jun 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	48 min
Jun 19, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	52 min
Jun 19, 3:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	2 hr
Jun 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	44 min
Jun 19, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	55 min
Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Matagorda	38 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris	53 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	2 hr
Jun 19, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton	15 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	31 min
Jun 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	2 hr
Jun 19, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Wharton	21 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.