Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
070 WWUS54 KHGX 162358 SVSHGX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 658 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 TXC071-201-291-170015- /O.CON.KHGX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-240517T0015Z/ Chambers TX-Liberty TX-Harris TX- 658 PM CDT Thu May 16 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHAMBERS...SOUTH CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES... At 658 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Lake Houston to Houston Ship Channel to South Belt / Ellington, and are nearly stationary. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Pasadena, Baytown, La Porte, Deer Park, South Houston, Seabrook, southwestern Liberty, Beach City, Channelview, Highlands, Barrett, northern South Belt / Ellington, Cloverleaf, northern Clear Lake, Crosby, Mont Belvieu, Taylor Lake Village, El Lago, Shoreacres, and Old River-Winfree. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern Texas. Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 2949 9482 2962 9523 2999 9508 3000 9475 2976 9471 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 269DEG 42KT 2998 9512 2976 9514 2961 9522 TORNADO...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH $$ Cady