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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 20, 2014Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2014, 3:16 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 20, 2014, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 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 20:21 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 19, 6:53 PM CDT, 20 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 6:53 PM CDT, 20 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 3:49 PM CDT, 23 hours 27 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 20, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	44 min
Aug 20, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery	40 min
Aug 20, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.