Severe Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
986 WWUS54 KHGX 020731 SVSHGX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 231 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 TXC291-373-407-020800- /O.CON.KHGX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-240502T0800Z/ San Jacinto TX-Liberty TX-Polk TX- 231 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAN JACINTO...NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES... At 230 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from West Livingston to near Shepherd, moving east at 20 mph. This storm has a history of producing large hail in San Jacinto County. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Livingston, Shepherd, Goodrich, Lake Livingston State Park, West Livingston, Romayor, and Rye. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in League City. If on or near Lake Livingston, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3074 9472 3041 9475 3041 9513 3072 9510 TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 257DEG 17KT 3069 9503 3050 9505 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ Luchs