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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2009, 7:42 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 17 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 22, 2009, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2009, 7:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fort Bend County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 22, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 327 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231100- 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- 327 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...HOT AGAIN TODAY AND MORE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX READINGS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL PEAK IN THE 103 TO 108 RANGE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MADISONVILLE TO LIBERTY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 546 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009 TXZ212-213-222330- HARRIS-WALLER- 546 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRAIRIE VIEW...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WADSWORTH... MONAVILLE...WALLER...PRAIRIE VIEW...PINE ISLAND...PATTISON...KATY AND BROOKSHIRE. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL TREE BRANCHES TO BE BROKEN...AND UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE OR NON-CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3011 9608 3009 9575 2981 9562 2977 9604 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 000DEG 14KT 2995 9592
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Matagorda | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 33 min |
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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.