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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 21, 1995San Jacinto County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 1995, 4:18 PM CDT for San Jacinto County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 1995, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties San Jacinto County, TX, Walker County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2789 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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
Sep 21, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison55 min
Sep 21, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin31 min
Sep 21, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty48 min
Sep 21, 4:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington3 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.