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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 13, 201823 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 13, 2018, 11:32 AM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 13, 2018, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2018, 11:32 AM CST (17:32 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 13, 2018, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 14, 2018, 9:00 AM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
All 23 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Nov 12, 5:33 PM CST, 17 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 12, 5:33 PM CST, 17 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 11:22 PM CSTLow Water AdvisoryHGX16 hr
Nov 13, 3:18 AM CSTGale WarningHGX3 hr
Nov 13, 3:18 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX33 hr
Nov 13, 3:04 PM CSTLow Water AdvisoryHGX3 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2018Every freeze warning in 2018

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.