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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 29, 1994Brazos County, Grimes County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 10:35 PM CDT for Brazos County, Grimes County, Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1994, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brazos County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Madison County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 199 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, Longview/Gregg, TX at 00:00Z on 1994-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-421 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
May 29, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson55 min
May 29, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, Walker58 min
May 29, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington58 min
May 29, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Madison61 min
May 29, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Harris, Waller63 min
May 30, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery39 min
May 30, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson56 min

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.