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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 17, 20224 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2022, 11:52 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 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
Feb 17, 2022, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 2022, 8:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Colorado County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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 red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Feb 17, 5:26 AM CST, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 5:26 AM CST, 6 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 2:59 AM CSTGale WarningHGX24 hr
Feb 17, 3:11 AM CSTWind AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 8 more30 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2022Every red flag warning in 2022

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.