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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 4, 2014Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2014, 4:13 PM CDT for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2014, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:41 AM CDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
441 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-
227-235>238-051200-
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-
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-WHARTON-
441 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SIMILAR TO THURSDAY...EXPECT INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE WITH DAYTIME HEATING TODAY. BOUNDARY AND STORM COLLISIONS
COULD PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND LOCALIZED HIGH RAINFALL TOTALS LEADING TO
SHORT LIVED STREET FLOODING.... PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH THIS
EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING AND SUSPECT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO GET FIREWORK DISPLAYS OFF AFTER 9 PM. BUT LIKE
YESTERDAY...THERE MAY BE A FEW REMNANT CELLS THAT LAST A BIT
LONGER.

IF SWIMMING AT THE BEACH OR POOL OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...SWIM
NEAR A LIFEGUARD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY DAYTIME...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED. A FEW STRONG CELLS ARE POSSIBLE BUT WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:13 PM CDT, 0 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
Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Jackson	3 hr
Jul 3, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Wharton	44 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Jackson, Wharton	58 min
Jul 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Jackson	39 min
Jul 3, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	38 min
Jul 3, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	91 min
Jul 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Wharton	59 min
Jul 3, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Houston	115 min
Jul 3, 8:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Madison	115 min
Jul 3, 8:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Burleson	113 min
Jul 3, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson	56 min
Jul 4, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Polk	53 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	58 min
Jul 4, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	65 min
Jul 4, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		66 min
Jul 4, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	54 min
Jul 4, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	62 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.