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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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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</html>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.
| 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, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 34 min |
| 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, 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
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.