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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 7, 1995Polk County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 4:44 AM CST for Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 1995, 4:44 AM CST (10:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 1995, 5:45 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 1995-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
1326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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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, 3:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Waller56 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, 5:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston26 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.