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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 2, 2024, 11:23 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 22 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
- Feb 2, 2024, 11:23 PM CST (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2024, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Austin County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Feb 2, 9:24 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 9:24 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Colorado, Wharton | 62 min |
| Feb 2, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Waller, Wharton | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 12:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 12:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Feb 3, 1:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris, Liberty, San Jacinto | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 1:59 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 46 min |
| Feb 3, 2:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 39 min |
| Feb 3, 3:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 46 min | |
| Feb 3, 4:08 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 67 min | |
| Feb 3, 4:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 62 min | |
| Feb 3, 4:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 24 min | |
| Feb 3, 5:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 96 min | |
| Feb 3, 6:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 44 min |
| Feb 3, 6:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 61 min |
| Feb 3, 6:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 64 min | |
| Feb 3, 9:18 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Feb 3, 1:01 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Matagorda, Wharton | 27 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:18 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 52 hr | |
| Feb 3, 3:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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.