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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 8, 2018Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2018, 3:25 PM CDT for Harris 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
Aug 8, 2018, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 Aug 7, 4:03 PM CDT, 23 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:03 PM CDT, 23 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria41 min
Aug 8, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris38 min
Aug 8, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris49 min
Aug 8, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery48 min
Aug 8, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris52 min
Aug 8, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty42 min
Aug 8, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto40 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2018Every severe thunderstorm 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.