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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 11, 2015Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2015, 7:24 PM CDT for Polk County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 11, 2015, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX

The radar

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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 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:53 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 4:51 AM CDT, 14 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
451 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-121300-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
451 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 100 TO 104
OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES...WHILE THE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX WILL
LIKELY REACH TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 WITH A FEW LOCATIONS
EXPERIENCING A HEAT INDEX EXCEEDING 110 DEGREES. IN ADDITION TO
THE HIGH HEAT...THERE IS A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS GENERATING STRONG
GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

CHANCES FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK WILL BE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WITH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS GENERATING
GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-121300-
GALVESTON BAY-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-
451 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE
STORMS GENERATING GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK WILL BE LIGHTNING.
ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO GENERATE GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:44 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:45 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:48 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:52 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:58 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes66 min
Aug 11, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson, Matagorda, Wharton55 min
Aug 11, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery61 min
Aug 12, 3:35 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more17 hr
Aug 12, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller44 min
Aug 12, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto48 min
Aug 12, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWalker23 min
Aug 12, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.