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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 21, 2024Harris County, Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT for Harris County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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: Mar 21, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harris County, TX, Waller 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 Mar 21, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 21, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:26 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:53 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
Mar 21, 8:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		66 min
Mar 21, 8:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	34 min
Mar 21, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		49 min
Mar 21, 9:57 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		19 hr
Mar 21, 10:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		45 min
Mar 21, 10:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria	55 min
Mar 21, 11:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		60 min
Mar 21, 11:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston	3 hr
Mar 21, 12:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	3 hr
Mar 21, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		31 min
Mar 21, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		37 min
Mar 21, 2:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton	42 hr
Mar 21, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin	24 min
Mar 21, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin	44 min
Mar 21, 5:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	34 min
Mar 21, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	67 min
Mar 21, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	35 min
Mar 21, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	32 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.