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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 14, 2016Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2016, 4:43 PM CDT for Harris County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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, 2016, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX

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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 14, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:47 AM CDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-214-235-238-151000-
BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GRIMES-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-
MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WASHINGTON-
447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR OR BELOW A 1/4
MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG IS SHALLOW AND WILL BEGIN TO BURN OFF
WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO OF SUNRISE.

LATER TODAY, A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST
TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT
MOVES SOUTH. A WEAK SEA BREEZE WILL BE MOVING NORTH AND THIS
FEATURE WILL ALSO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOTH THE FRONTAL
STORMS AND THE SEA BREEZE STORMS. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN THAT
THESE TWO FEATURES WILL COLLIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. IF
THIS OCCURS, STORMS WILL MERGE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD
WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING,
LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS ON TAP FOR THE REGION. A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO
3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY BUT HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN TO THE REGION. PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER
2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
ACTIVATION LATER TODAY.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-151000-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED.
ELEVATED TIDES AND AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY ALSO
OCCUR DURING THIS TIME ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

TXZ210>213-226-227-236-237-151000-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-COLORADO-FORT BEND-HARRIS-MATAGORDA-WALLER-
WHARTON-
447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY MAY BRIEFLY
FALL TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE FRONT
WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES SOUTH. A WEAK
SEA BREEZE WILL BE MOVING NORTH AND THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOTH THE FRONTAL STORMS AND THE SEA BREEZE
STORMS. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN THAT THESE TWO FEATURES WILL
COLLIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. IF THIS OCCURS, STORMS WILL
MERGE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS,
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS ON TAP FOR THE REGION. A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA
ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO
3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY BUT HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN TO THE REGION. PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER
2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 3:47 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 14, 4:05 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 14, 4:14 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 4:16 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 4:31 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
431 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

TXZ197-211-212-142200-
AUSTIN TX-WALLER TX-WASHINGTON TX-
431 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH
CENTRAL AUSTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

AT 430 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BRENHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRENHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3003 9636 3013 9648 3031 9643 3016 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 213DEG 5KT 3013 9640
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
442 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

TXZ227-142215-
FORT BEND TX-
442 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS CENTRAL FORT BEND COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM CDT...

AT 442 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GREATWOOD...OR NEAR FIRST COLONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...SOUTHEASTERN ROSENBERG...STAFFORD...
RICHMOND...FIRST COLONY...PECAN GROVE...FRESNO...FAIRCHILDS...THOMPSONS...
FIFTH STREET...NEW TERRITORY...GREATWOOD...FOUR CORNERS...FORT BEND
HOUSTON AND NORTHWESTERN SIENNA PLANTATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 2938 9570 2945 9580 2970 9572 2955 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 213DEG 5KT 2951 9568

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 4:24 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 6 more5 hr
May 14, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington41 min
May 14, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris52 min
May 14, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris48 min
May 14, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto45 min
May 14, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBurleson, Washington114 min
May 14, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington50 min
May 14, 3:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris2 hr
May 14, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery43 min
May 14, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity44 min
May 14, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery35 min
May 14, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington29 min
May 14, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend33 min
May 14, 4:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris114 min
May 14, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity59 min
May 14, 5:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris3 hr

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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.