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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 12, 2009Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2009, 4:34 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Aug 12, 2009, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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 Aug 12, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 7:00 AM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
700 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2009

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-131200-
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-
700 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON

ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE SEA BREEZE...OR POSSIBLY ALONG A WEAK NEAR-STATIONARY FRONT
ACROSS OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST THAT
STRONG STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWN BURST WINDS.

.DAYS TWO AND THREE...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON ALONG
THE SEA BREEZE...OR POSSIBLY NEAR A WEAK WIND BOUNDARY OVER OUR FAR
NORTHERN COUNTIES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST THAT ONE OR TWO OF
THESE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING DOWN BURST WINDS.

.DAYS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 4:15 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris60 min
Aug 12, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes51 min
Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto, Walker48 min
Aug 12, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX57 min
Aug 12, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris26 min
Aug 12, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Washington24 min
Aug 12, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto, Walker28 min
Aug 12, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston35 min
Aug 12, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton40 min
Aug 12, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers61 min
Aug 12, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Wharton38 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.