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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 24, 1992Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 1992, 3:38 PM CST for Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 102 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 1992, 3:38 PM CST (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 1992, 5:20 PM CST
In force
102 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Sources

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