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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 19, 2008Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 19, 2008, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
52 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 19:55 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 19, 10:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 10:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 10:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1008 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-201515-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
1008 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS MORING THROUGH TONIGHT

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS COASTAL SOUTHEASTERN
TEXAS UP INTO THE HUNTSVILLE REGION WILL INTERACT WITH A COMPLEX
OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTH INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
STRONGER THIS AFTERNOON AND BY MID AFTERNOON STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS COLLIDES
WITH THE SEABREEZE. WITH THIS COLLISION THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINS WILL INCREASE...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL LIKELY AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF
INCH WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES.

IN ADDITION THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY
HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAY TWO...FRIDAY

THE DAILY REGENERATION OF LOWER ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WITH VICINITY
WIND SHIFT BOUNDARIES CREATED BY LOCAL SEA AND GULF BREEZES...PREVIOUS
DAYS STORMS...AND SOUTHERN-MOVING NORTHERN TEXAS STORM SYSTEMS...WILL
KEEP A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. ALTHOUGH MANY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL JUST BRING BENEFICIAL RAINS TO COOL DOWN AFTERNOON
HEAT...A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE IN THE
LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND LOCALLY MINOR
FLOODING FROM HIGH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES.

.DAYS THREE THROUGH FOUR...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

A NEARING COOL FRONT...BECOMING STATIONARY ALONG OR NEAR THE
LOUISIANA TEXAS COASTLINE...WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS RAINFALL. IF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST AND BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE HOUSTON GALVESTON
AREA...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS. SLOWER STORM
MOTION...OR NEAR EAST TO WEST MOVEMENT OF PRECIPITATION...MAY
CREATE FLOODING CONCERNS PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 45
AND GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10.

DAYS FIVE THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AT THIS TIME...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON FOR
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SEALY TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris32 min
Jun 18, 7:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXFort Bend, Harris2 hr
Jun 18, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris34 min
Jun 18, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend24 min
Jun 18, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton23 min
Jun 18, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller20 min
Jun 18, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, Walker48 min
Jun 19, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris2 hr
Jun 19, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris44 min
Jun 19, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris55 min
Jun 19, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMatagorda38 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris53 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXFort Bend, Harris2 hr
Jun 19, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton15 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris31 min
Jun 19, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend2 hr
Jun 19, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWharton21 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.