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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 16, 2023Galveston County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2023, 3:08 PM CDT for Galveston County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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: May 16, 2023, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2023, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX

The radar

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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 May 16, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:01 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	10 hr
May 16, 1:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Matagorda	97 min
May 16, 1:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	30 min
May 16, 2:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Galveston, Harris	116 min
May 16, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	29 min
May 16, 3:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Galveston	48 min
May 16, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		29 min
May 16, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	31 min
May 16, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin	33 min
May 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		36 min
May 16, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	2 hr
May 16, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	34 min
May 16, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	28 min
May 16, 5:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria	5 days
May 16, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	112 min
May 16, 5:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton	115 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	84 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	38 min
May 16, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Colorado	58 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.