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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 18, 2010Brazoria County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2010, 1:08 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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: May 18, 2010, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2010, 1:29 AM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Brazoria County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 17, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 May 17, 6:49 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:49 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 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
May 17, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Grimes, Walker	54 min
May 17, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	58 min
May 17, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Walker	55 min
May 17, 8:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	2 hr
May 17, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	49 min
May 17, 8:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	118 min
May 17, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	34 min
May 17, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	66 min
May 17, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	42 min
May 17, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	53 min
May 18, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		66 min
May 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	58 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.