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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 15, 2016Harris County, Montgomery County, Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2016, 3:12 PM CDT for Harris County, Montgomery County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2016, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Waller County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 20 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 20 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Walker112 min
May 15, 1:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBurleson, Lee50 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.