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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2025, 6:44 PM CDT for Brazos County, Burleson County, Grimes County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 1, 2025, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2025, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Grimes County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
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 1, 6:21 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:21 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 1, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
459 PM CDT Thu May 1 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM Hail 5 ENE Madisonville 30.98N 95.82W
04/30/2025 M0.25 Inch Madison TX County Official
1000 PM Hail 1 NW Grapeland 31.50N 95.50W
04/30/2025 M1.00 Inch Houston TX Emergency Mngr
Quarter sized hail west off Grapeland.
1025 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 13 WNW Lovelady 31.19N 95.65W
04/30/2025 Houston TX Emergency Mngr
Multiple trees down west of Austonio. A
secondary roof over a trailer house was
blown off.
1026 PM Hail 10 W Lovelady 31.16N 95.60W
04/30/2025 E0.50 Inch Houston TX Public
Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.).
1050 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 10 E Midway 31.00N 95.58W
04/30/2025 Houston TX Public
Tree branches down, blocking roads near
Weldon.
1100 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 NE Kennard 31.41N 95.14W
04/30/2025 Houston TX Emergency Mngr
One tree down blocking both lanes at FM 227
near CR1165, north of Ratcliff.
&&Special weather statement, May 1, 6:41 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 9:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Burleson, Grimes, Walker, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Burleson | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Walker | 51 min |
| May 1, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes | 42 min |
| May 1, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes | 39 min |
| May 1, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 59 min |
| May 1, 1:32 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 20 hr |
| May 1, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 26 min |
| May 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes | 29 min |
| May 1, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 34 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.