Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2019

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 19, 2019Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2019, 4:13 AM CST for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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: Jan 19, 2019, 4:13 AM CST (10:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2019, 4:34 AM CST
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 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 Jan 19, 3:39 AM CST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 3:39 AM CST, 34 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 12:51 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 1:45 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 2:12 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 2:47 AM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
247 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

TXZ179-199-200-190915-
Northern Liberty TX-Polk TX-Montgomery TX-
247 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 247 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Splendora, or near Cleveland, moving east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, North Cleveland, Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, Tarkington
Prairie, Segno, Moss Hill, Romayor and Rye.

LAT...LON 3049 9468 3049 9473 3023 9464 3024 9513
      3032 9521 3049 9485 3051 9487 3054 9483
      3055 9486 3056 9494 3057 9495 3087 9462
      3082 9461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 255DEG 13KT 3028 9512

Special weather statement, Jan 19, 3:04 AM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 12:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Colorado	39 min
Jan 19, 1:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	35 min
Jan 19, 1:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris, Waller	45 min
Jan 19, 2:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	48 min
Jan 19, 2:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	28 min
Jan 19, 3:04 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		116 min
Jan 19, 3:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	56 min
Jan 19, 3:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	22 min
Jan 19, 3:58 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more	18 hr
Jan 19, 4:03 AM CST	Low Water Advisory	HGX		39 hr
Jan 19, 4:03 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		29 hr
Jan 19, 4:18 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		87 min
Jan 19, 1:17 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		10 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.