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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 7, 1995Austin County, Fort Bend County, Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 3:19 AM CST for Austin County, Fort Bend County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 4:15 AM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Austin County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Waller County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1220 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
1220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KHOU 070918 RRA
SVRHOU
TXC015-157-473-071015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
319 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...AUSTIN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...FORT BEND COUNTY...WALLER COUNTY
 
AT 310 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NORTH OF BELLVILLE TO WALLIS AND TO NEAR WHARTON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 11:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston40 min
Mar 7, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty69 min
Mar 7, 3:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Harris, Montgomery53 min
Mar 7, 4:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty, San Jacinto67 min
Mar 7, 4:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston67 min
Mar 7, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk61 min
Mar 7, 5:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston26 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.