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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 14, 2015Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2015, 3:40 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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: May 14, 2015, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 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 20:44 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 May 13, 6:31 PM CDT, 21 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 6:31 PM CDT, 21 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 23 hours 50 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
May 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery	12 hr
May 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	115 min
May 13, 8:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	62 min
May 13, 9:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	6 days
May 14, 12:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Trinity, Walker	45 days
May 14, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fayette	35 min
May 14, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos	66 min
May 14, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	46 min
May 14, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	2 hr
May 14, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Madison	49 min
May 14, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Madison, Walker	14 min
May 14, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	38 min
May 14, 3:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	2 hr
May 14, 3:30 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	57 hr
May 14, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Walker	32 min
May 14, 4:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	113 min
May 14, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	45 min
May 14, 5:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	58 min
May 14, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend	58 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.