Alert archive / Texas / Houston County
Weather alerts in Houston County, Texas, 2010
110 weather alerts in 2010, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Houston County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 110
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 12
- Busiest month
- June19 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 24, 20107 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 6 tornado warnings covering Houston County in 2010 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning.
Houston County, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 1 | 92% | 1 | 100% | 13 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2010
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 22 | 1 | 95% | 5 | 20% | 7 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 88 | 19 | 78% | 41 | 59% | 21 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 25 | 6 | 76% | 14 | 93% | 66 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:03 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 18 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:58 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | HGX | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:30 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 6:04 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 42 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:44 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 17 hr |
| Jan 22, 6:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 16 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 29 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:27 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 28 days |
| Feb 4, 7:11 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 16 hr |
| Feb 8, 8:15 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 15 days |
| Feb 8, 8:15 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 41 days |
| Feb 11, 10:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 4:00 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | HGX | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | HGX | 34 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HGX | 37 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 4 days |
| Mar 9, 12:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 9, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 16 days |
| Mar 10, 9:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | SHV | 16 days |
| Mar 10, 11:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Mar 10, 2:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Mar 10, 5:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 4:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 38 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 12 days |
| Apr 7, 5:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Apr 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 23, 5:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Apr 23, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 63 min |
| Apr 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 46 min |
| Apr 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 59 min |
| May 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 3, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 28 min |
| May 14, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| May 17, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 113 min |
| May 17, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 20, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| May 20, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 43 min |
| May 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:57 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 34 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:31 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Jun 9, 8:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 8:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 11:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 9, 11:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 111 min |
| Jun 10, 1:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 115 min |
| Jun 10, 10:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 14 days |
| Jun 10, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 11:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 10 days |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 49 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 4:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | 42 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | 13 min |
| Jul 25, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 8 days |
| Aug 6, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 10 days |
| Aug 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 46 min |
| Aug 31, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 12:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Sep 12, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 61 min |
| Oct 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Oct 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 83 min |
| Oct 11, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 45 min |
| Oct 12, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 27 min |
| Oct 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 61 min |
| Oct 24, 12:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Oct 27, 6:51 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 6 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:07 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 30 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Nov 2, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 40 min |
| Nov 2, 2:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 14 hr |
| Nov 4, 5:33 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 13 hr |
| Nov 5, 9:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HGX | 12 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:58 PM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | 16 hr |
| Dec 11, 5:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | 9 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:05 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | HGX | 28 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:36 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 17 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | 13 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:36 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | HGX | 16 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 12 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 21 |
| Special Weather Statement | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 14 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 4 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 3 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.