BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 419 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 418 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CONROE DAM...OR NEAR WILLIS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONROE...WILLIS...THE WOODLANDS...PANORAMA VILLAGE...SHENANDOAH... MONTGOMERY...WOODLOCH...AND LAKE CONROE DAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LEAGUE CITY . IF ON OR NEAR CONROE...GET OUT OF 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. && LAT...LON 3044 9571 3050 9552 3022 9534 3013 9563 TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 339DEG 17KT 3040 9559
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 21:26:20 +0000