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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT for Jackson County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 16, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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 Apr 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 22 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:48 PM CDT, 22 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 12:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 115 min |
| Apr 16, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 2:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Wharton | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 112 min | |
| Apr 16, 2:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Washington | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 62 min | |
| Apr 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Waller, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Waller, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 113 min |
| Apr 16, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Walker | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Walker | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Walker | 116 min |
| Apr 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 25 min | |
| Apr 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 116 min |
| Apr 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 25 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.