NWS Houston/Galveston TXSV.W 0104August 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harris and Waller, TX
The National Weather Service office in Houston/Galveston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Harris and Waller in Texas, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 104th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Houston/Galveston issued in 2026. Texas had 113 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 110 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Texas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 26 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Houston/Galveston TX
- Area
- Harris and Waller
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:04 p.m. CDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. CDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KHGX SV.W 0104
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
SVRHGX The National Weather Service in League City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Waller County in southeastern Texas... Northwestern Harris County in southeastern Texas... * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 404 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hockley, or 11 miles southeast of Prairie View, moving southwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Prairie View, Hockley, Waller, Pine Island, and Pattison.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas since 20082,144 a year
- Every warning type in Texas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels