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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 6, 200914 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this freeze warning at Apr 6, 2009, 3:23 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 7, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2009, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Austin County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 6, 3:02 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:02 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 7:51 AM CDT, 7 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
751 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-071300-
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-
751 AM CDT MON APR 6 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. DRY
TO VERY DRY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DRY OUT FUELS. A RED FLAG WARNING
IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST OF A MADISONVILLE TO RICHMOND
TO BAY CITY. THE VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT WILL
SET THE STAGE FOR A CHILLY NIGHT. FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 59 CORRIDOR. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:16 PM CDTFire Weather WatchHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more17 hr
Apr 6, 12:17 PM CDTRed Flag WarningHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 6 more7 hr
Apr 6, 3:16 PM CDTFire Weather WatchHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda15 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2009Every freeze warning in 2009

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.