Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 15, 2021Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 15, 2021, 4:34 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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: Apr 15, 2021, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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.

The text

As transmitted.

<!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>

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 Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT, 22 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDT, 22 hours 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
Apr 14, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty	29 min
Apr 14, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	28 min
Apr 14, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	24 min
Apr 14, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Jackson	33 min
Apr 14, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	35 min
Apr 15, 8:52 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		10 hr
Apr 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington	58 min
Apr 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Burleson, Colorado, Washington	30 min
Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	60 min
Apr 15, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Montgomery, Waller, Washington	44 min
Apr 15, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker	54 min
Apr 15, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	44 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.