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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 6, 2013Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2013, 9:58 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 6, 2013, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

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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
Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 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 Jun 6, 9:26 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:26 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:36 AM CDT, 18 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
336 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-
070845-
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-WHARTON-
336 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN INTO THE REGION TODAY BRINGING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO
COLDSPRING LINE. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH AND BECOME A FOCUS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OF STORMS SOME WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. IN ADDITION THE THREAT OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP FROM AROUND COLUMBUS TO CONROE
TO LIBERTY. THE SEABREEZE SHOULD MOVE INLAND FROM THE COASTAL
COUNTIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COLLIDING WITH
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND COULD FOCUS RAINS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR
AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE HAIL THOUGH
GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS HEAVY RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA
MENTIONED ABOVE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 8 PM.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 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
Jun 6, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris	33 min
Jun 6, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris	3 hr
Jun 6, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	44 min
Jun 6, 7:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	118 min
Jun 6, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	30 min
Jun 6, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris	30 min
Jun 6, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Galveston	30 min
Jun 6, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		86 min
Jun 6, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	24 min
Jun 6, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda	42 min
Jun 6, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		81 min
Jun 6, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton	54 min
Jun 6, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		2 hr
Jun 6, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	55 min
Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		93 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.