Southeast Texas Hazardous Weather Information

Products

Hazardous Weather Products for SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

TORNADO WARNING	SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING	SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
FLASH FLOOD WARNING	FLOOD WATCH	FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
URBAN & SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY/ RIVER FLOOD WARNING	NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING	WINTER STORM WARNING
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK	SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT	CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING	MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT	COASTAL FLOOD WATCH/WARNING
FIRE WEATHER WATCH/RED FLAG WARNING	LOCAL STORM REPORT	PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

Hazardous Non-Weather Products for SOUTHEAST TEXAS:

CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE

CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY

Hazardous Weather Products for TEXAS:

TORNADO WARNING	SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING	SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
FLASH FLOOD WARNING	SEVERE WEATHER WATCH	SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NON-PRECIPITATION WARNING	WINTER STORM WARNING	Other Products
All TEXAS Warnings		All TX Special Marine Warning

SPC/HPC Outlooks:

SPC Homepage	HPC Homepage
SPC Day 1 Outlook	HPC Day 1 QPF (image)
SPC Day 2 Outlook	HPC Day 2 QPF (image)
SPC Day 3 Outlook	HPC Day 3 QPF (image)
Mesoscale Discussion Page	Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Discussion
Watch, Warning and Advisory Display	HPC Excessive Rainfall Page
Status Reports	Short Range Public Forecast Discussion

Miscellaneous:

U.S. Hazards Assessment

Current National Warnings

NWS/SPC Watch, Warning and Advisory Display

SPC National Severe Wx Reports

StormReady in Southeast Texas

Severe Weather Reports

Why Submit A Severe Weather Report?

This is one of the most important steps in the Severe Weather Warning process. Valid, real-time severe weather reports help not only the NWS meteorologists issuing the watches and warnings during the event... they are also critical for our post storm and verification analyses. Emergency management officials, law enforcement agencies and insurance companies also use this information. Keep in mind that if we do not receive a call or report of damage...we do not have any records of it.

What Type of Weather Do I Report?

Please submit reports to this office at any time after any storm event in which you have witnessed any of the following in Southeast Texas:

• Tornado...Funnel Cloud or Waterspout
• 3/4 of inch hail or larger (Penny-sized hail or larger)
• Wind gusts in excess of 58 mph. (indicate if measured or estimated)
• Rainfall amounts 3 inches or greater in a 24hr period
• Flash flooding, especially 1 foot or more of water running over a major road or highway
• Damage to trees, crops, or structures (houses, buildings, barns or cars)

The NWS also provides severe weather spotter training to emergency management officials, law enforcement agencies and the general public. This program is FREE with classes generally held in various locations from January to April each year. Sessions run about 3 hours long and conducted by NWS personnel. More information about this program can be found in our SKYWARN section.

Who Do I Report Severe Weather to?

If the event is occurring or has just occurred call your local authorities or the National Weather Service immediately and report the damage. The information provided in this form will be used for record keeping only.

Please include the following information in your report if possible:

• The EXACT location of the event in relation to a town or road/highway intersection (e.g. 5 miles northeast of Hunstville along State Hwy 19, right before Country Campus).
• A description of the event. Please be specific with details (e.g. the size of hail and/or how large the tree or limbs knocked down were).

How Do I Get Old Severe Weather Reports?

The National Climatic Data Center has a webpage where you can search for storm events by state, county, event type/size, number of injuries/fatalities and/or amount of property/crop damage. This database (as of 9/8/08) contains severe weather reports from 1/1/50 thru 5/31/08. Search the NCDC Storm Event database to find various types of storms recorded in your county or use other selection criteria as desired.

Below is a list of severe weather reports (by month) for areas around Southeast Texas. These reports should not be regarded as "official" or as the last word in what actually happened. For those needing court certified severe weather documentation, please contact the National Climatic Data Center, located in Asheville, NC.

2008 Data

January 2008	February 2008	March 2008	April 2008
May 2008	June 2008	July 2008	August 2008
September 2008	October 2008	November 2008	December 2008

2007 Data

January 2007	February 2007	March 2007	April 2007
May 2007	June 2007	July 2007	August 2007
September 2007	October 2007	November 2007	December 2007

2006 Data

January 2006	February 2006	March 2006	April 2006
May 2006	June 2006	July 2006	August 2006
September 2006	October 2006	November 2006	December 2006

2005 Data

January 2005	February 2005	March 2005	April 2005
May 2005	June 2005	July 2005	August 2005
September 2005	October 2005	November 2005	December 2005

2004 Data

January 2004	February 2004	March 2004	April 2004
May 2004	June 2004	July 2004	August 2004
September 2004	October 2004	November 2004	December 2004

2003 Data

January 2003	February 2003	March 2003	April 2003
May 2003	June 2003	July 2003	August 2003
September 2003	October 2003	November 2003	December 2003
Severe Reports 1997-2002

SKYWARN

The SKYWARN program is an integral part of the severe weather warning process. This program helps to train volunteers to be storm spotters for real time sevre weather reports and warning verification. SKYWARN classes are usually held just before the main severe weather season (January to March) each year. These training classes are free and open to the public to attend. More information about this program, a schedule of upcoming classes and other relevant links are listed below.

SKYWARN Information

2008 SKYWARN Training Sessions

Spotter Information

2008 Severe Weather Awareness Week

Severe Weather Emergency Plan For SE TX Schools

Texas Skywarn Page

Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA)

Event Summaries

Below are summaries of semi-recent (1984-2005) severe weather reports. Included in the data are tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, hailstorms, windstorms and icestorms that have affected portions of our county warning area.

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December