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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 21, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 7:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 40 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 21, 2013, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Grimes County, TX, Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 21, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-221300-
AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-
LIBERTY-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-
WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE LAKE TO HOUSTON TO LIBERTY.
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
NEAR KURTEN IN NORTHERN BRAZOS COUNTY TO MADISONVILLE TO LOVELADY
TO CENTRALIA IN NORTHERN TRINITY COUNTY. THE MAIN TIME FRAME WILL
LIKELY BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT ARE DAMAGING
WIND AND LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY BE POSSIBLE
FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND OVER THE REGION THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY LEADING TO DRIER AND HOTTER WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ214-235>238-221300-
BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-JACKSON-MATAGORDA-
MATAGORDA BAY-
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-
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. ISOLATED
STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREAT DAMAGING WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLeon49 min
May 21, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos27 min
May 21, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison48 min
May 21, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison42 min
May 21, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity40 min
May 21, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity31 min
May 21, 9:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Madison118 min
May 21, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Madison, Walker29 min
May 21, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Polk, Trinity53 min
May 21, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison59 min
May 21, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWalker58 min
May 21, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Walker56 min
May 21, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWalker43 min
May 21, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Walker35 min
May 21, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk37 min
May 21, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk29 min
May 21, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXMontgomery29 min
May 22, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, Polk, San Jacinto63 min
May 22, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto24 min
May 22, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk49 min
May 22, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery65 min
May 22, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris54 min
May 22, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty, Montgomery72 min
May 22, 3:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty27 min
May 22, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty, Polk, San Jacinto55 min
May 22, 3:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXLiberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto3 hr
May 22, 3:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris65 min
May 22, 4:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty36 min
May 22, 4:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty57 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.