Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 9, 2026Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2026, 7:19 PM CDT for Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 9, 2026, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2026, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:13 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:15 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, May 9, 7:17 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	32 min
May 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty	30 min
May 9, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	28 min
May 9, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	23 min
May 9, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	26 min
May 9, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	37 min
May 9, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	37 min
May 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	20 min
May 9, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty	35 min
May 9, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery	29 min
May 9, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery	35 min
May 10, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty	34 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	34 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	33 min
May 10, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Walker	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.