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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 3, 1992Austin County, Colorado County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1992, 10:57 PM CST for Austin County, Colorado County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 1992, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1992, 11:45 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Austin County, TX, Colorado County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 570 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington48 min
Mar 4, 1:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend56 min
Mar 4, 1:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston65 min
Mar 4, 1:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Harris63 min
Mar 4, 7:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado61 min
Mar 4, 11:00 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris2 hr
Mar 4, 11:55 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty2 hr
Mar 4, 12:10 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXLiberty20 min
Mar 4, 1:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris, Liberty5 hr
Mar 4, 1:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend5 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.