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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2014, 2:16 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2014, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2014, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2014, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Counties Austin County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 3, 12:06 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 12:06 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 4:20 AM CST, 9 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 420 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-041030- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY- POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- 420 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON LINE. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 20S THIS MORNING. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS HAVE PRODUCED WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO GROVETON LINE AND INTO THE TEENS NORTH OF A WHARTON TO HOUSTON TO CLEVELAND LINE. STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO PROMPTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR COASTAL AREAS THROUGH 9 AM. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER 2 AM AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE BELOW FREEZING NORTH OF A WHARTON TO TOMALL TO CLEVELAND LINE. AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE WILL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE A WINDOW OF FREEZING RAIN WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL PROBABLY ENDURE A COLD RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM AND RAIN SHOULD BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT. THE RAIN SHOULD END SHORTLY AFTER NOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ214-235>238-041030- 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- 420 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST AND WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 DEGREES. OVER THE BAYS AND GULF WATERS...A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REPLACE THE GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND AN INCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ200-213-226-227-041030- FORT BEND-HARRIS-LIBERTY-WHARTON- 420 AM CST MON MAR 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS HAVE PRODUCED WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 DEGREES. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO WARM INTO THE LOWER 40S. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE TONIGHT. RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER 2 AM AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE BELOW FREEZING NORTH OF A WHARTON TO TOMALL TO CLEVELAND LINE. AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE WILL PROBABLY EXPERIENCE A WINDOW OF FREEZING RAIN WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL PROBABLY ENDURE A COLD RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 AM. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM AND RAIN SHOULD BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT. THE RAIN SHOULD END SHORTLY AFTER NOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 7:19 PM CST | Gale Warning | HGX | 14 hr | |
| Mar 2, 7:19 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 2, 9:20 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 3, 7:00 AM CST | Low Water Advisory | HGX | 11 hr | |
| Mar 3, 9:26 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Texas, 2014Every winter storm 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.