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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 13, 2009Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2009, 2:34 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Walker 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 13, 2009, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Montgomery County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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, 23 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:21 PM CDT, 23 hours 13 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
Aug 12, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty	45 min
Aug 12, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado, Wharton	49 min
Aug 12, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Jackson	52 min
Aug 13, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery	60 min
Aug 13, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Grimes	64 min
Aug 13, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes	37 min
Aug 13, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		67 min
Aug 13, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	48 min
Aug 13, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm 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.