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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 9, 2023San Jacinto County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Dec 9, 2023, 4:21 PM CST for San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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: Dec 9, 2023, 4:21 PM CST (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Dec 9, 2023, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 30

County San Jacinto County, TX

The radar

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The text

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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 Dec 9, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 3:13 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 4:21 PM CST, 0 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
Dec 9, 3:17 AM CST	Gale Warning	HGX		33 hr
Dec 9, 3:17 AM CST	Low Water Advisory	HGX		24 hr
Dec 9, 3:15 PM CST	Wind Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda	18 hr
Dec 9, 4:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	35 min
Dec 9, 5:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Polk	45 min
Dec 9, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	33 min
Dec 9, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	48 min
Dec 9, 5:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	39 min
Dec 9, 5:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Wharton	61 min
Dec 9, 5:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	44 min
Dec 9, 5:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Polk	24 min
Dec 9, 5:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	39 min
Dec 9, 5:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Wharton	21 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.