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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 5, 1995Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 1995, 12:57 AM CST for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 1995, 12:57 AM CST (06:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 1995, 1:45 AM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 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 00:00Z on 1995-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 12:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston59 min

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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.