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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 16, 2021Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at May 16, 2021, 2:07 PM CDT for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 16, 2021, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Matagorda County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 16, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 9:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 10:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 1:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 1:46 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
146 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0136 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 ESE GANADO            29.01N 96.42W
05/16/2021                   JACKSON            TX   PUBLIC

            FM 1157 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODWATERS OVER ROAD
            BETWEEN CR-208 AND CR-215.

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CADY

Special weather statement, May 16, 2:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
207 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

TXZ226-235-236-335-336-161945-
Coastal Matagorda TX-Inland Matagorda TX-Wharton TX-
Coastal Jackson TX-Inland Jackson TX-
207 PM CDT Sun May 16 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 206 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Palacios, moving northeast at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bay City, Palacios, South Texas Nuclear Plant, Blessing, Markham,
Midfield and Danevang.

LAT...LON 2871 9641 2872 9641 2871 9642 2910 9624
      2898 9579 2862 9617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 208DEG 28KT 2874 9621

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	45 min
May 16, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Matagorda	90 min
May 16, 7:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	49 min
May 16, 8:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	3 hr
May 16, 8:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	3 hr
May 16, 9:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda and 2 more	7 hr
May 16, 9:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	64 min
May 16, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	46 min
May 16, 9:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado, Jackson, Wharton	115 min
May 16, 11:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton	4 hr
May 16, 11:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson, Wharton	29 hr
May 16, 11:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda, Wharton	6 days
May 16, 12:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		24 min
May 16, 2:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson, Matagorda	92 min
May 16, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		44 min
May 16, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	43 min
May 16, 3:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton	82 min
May 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	51 min
May 16, 3:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson	22 hr
May 16, 3:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Jackson, Wharton	11 hr
May 16, 3:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda	59 min
May 16, 5:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda	101 min
May 16, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		56 min

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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.