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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 12, 1995Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 12, 1995, 1:30 PM CST for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 1995, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 1995, 2:15 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Burleson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 12, 9:28 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 9:28 AM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 12, 10:30 AM CST, 3 hours before
TXZ164-177>179-199-200-210>214-226-227-235>238-122350-

SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1030 AM CST THU JAN 12 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT AND THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT INCREASING INSTABILITY AND THE CHANCES OF
SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OF TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.  THE GROUND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS STILL SOME
WHAT SATURATED FROM RAINS IN DECEMBER AND EARLIER THIS MONTH AND MANY STREAMS
AND RIVERS ARE STILL FULL.  RAINFALL OF THIS AMOUNT COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND COULD CAUSE SOME RIVERS TO RISE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS.  ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY ABREAST OF THE CURRENT WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LIMIT THEIR TRAVEL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.  EMERGENCY
MANAGERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD CHECK THEIR PREPARDNESS PLANS AND STAFFING
LEVELS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AS WELL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 10:31 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ164-177>179-199-200-210>214-226-227-235>238-122350-

SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1030 AM CST THU JAN 12 1995

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER
SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT AND THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT INCREASING INSTABILITY AND THE CHANCES OF
SEVERE WEATHER AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
OF TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.  THE GROUND IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS STILL SOME
WHAT SATURATED FROM RAINS IN DECEMBER AND EARLIER THIS MONTH AND MANY STREAMS
AND RIVERS ARE STILL FULL.  RAINFALL OF THIS AMOUNT COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND COULD CAUSE SOME RIVERS TO RISE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING
WINDS.  ALL RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY ABREAST OF THE CURRENT WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND LIMIT THEIR TRAVEL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.  EMERGENCY
MANAGERS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD CHECK THEIR PREPARDNESS PLANS AND STAFFING
LEVELS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AS WELL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos65 min
Jan 12, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMadison59 min
Jan 12, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson, Wharton68 min
Jan 12, 5:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHouston, Madison66 min
Jan 12, 5:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.