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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2026, 12:05 AM CDT for Jackson County, Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 70 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 27, 2026, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2026, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 70 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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.
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 26, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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 26, 7:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 5 more | 79 min |
| May 27, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 83 min | |
| May 27, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Montgomery, Waller and 2 more | 61 min |
| May 27, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Wharton | 8 min |
| May 27, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 39 min |
| May 27, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 36 min |
| May 27, 1:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 118 min | |
| May 27, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 65 min |
| May 27, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 27, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda | 62 min |
| May 27, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity and 1 more | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 35 min |
| May 27, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 78 min |
| May 27, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 76 min |
| May 27, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston, Harris | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 113 min | |
| May 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 45 min | |
| May 27, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 111 min | |
| May 27, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Jackson | 66 min |
| May 27, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| May 27, 11:21 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 12 hr | |
| May 27, 2:56 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 10 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.