Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1995, 6:23 AM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1995, 6:23 AM CST (12:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1995, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Mar 13, 2:41 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:41 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 240 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 SVR WX A THREAT TODAY WITH MAJOR THREAT VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER SETX. ETA AND NGM BOTH PAINT A THETA E ADVECTION AXIS FROM THE GULF NEAR PSX TOWARDS CLL THROUGH 12Z TUE AND THEN BEGIN TO SHIFT IT EASTWARD. S/W NR DRT NUDGING THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BOUNDARY EASTWARD FASTER THAN THE NORTH END WHICH IS QUITE EVIDENT FROM THE KEWX 88D RADAR. GIVEN THE CURRENT MESOSCALE TREND ANTICIPATE THE AXIS OF PRECIPITATION TO MOVE EAST TO A LINE FROM NEAR PSX TO CLL FOCUSING THE HEAVY RAINS ALONG THE BOUNDARY. KHGX 88D RADAR INDICATING 45 KNOT INFLOW TO STORMS, THICKNESS DIFFLUENCE, AND BRANCHING JET CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT AS WELL. (AT 24HRS THE NGM APPEARS TO BE EXPERIENCING A CONVECTIVE FEED BACK PROBLEM OVER THE NORTHERN FA...WHICH IS NOT SUPRISING GIVEN THE ABUNDANT CONVECTION PREVELANT AT THAT TIME.) MODELS OVER THE LAST FEW RUNS HAVE CONTINUED TO SLOW THE MOVEMENT OF THE SURFACE FEATURES AND AM NOT REALLY EXPECTING THE FRONT TO MOVE ENTIRELY OUT OF THE FA THRU TUESDAY. SO WILL CONTINUE TO WORD THE ZONES WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE INVERTED TROF/FRONT. AFTER COORDINATION CALL WITH NMC'S QPF BRANCH FEEL THAT TODAY WILL BRING THE HEAVIEST RAINS TO THE REGION...IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF A CLL TO IAH LINE. WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR FA AND WILL WORD IT STRONGLY CONCERNING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EVENT. COORDINATED WITH SELS FOR TORNADO WATCH OVER ENTIRE FA. 45 PRELIMS IAH 069/059 069/050 065 45+99
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:23 AM CST, 3 hours before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-131610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 323 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BRAZORIA...GRIMES...MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...FORT BEND...HARRIS...MADISON...GALVESTON...MATAGORDA...POLK...WALLER... HOUSTON...TRINITY...WHARTON...COLORADO...AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 AM. A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHEASTERY WINDS BRINGING MOISTURE ASHORE FROM THE GULF HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 3:24 AM CST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-131610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 323 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BRAZORIA...GRIMES...MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...FORT BEND...HARRIS...MADISON...GALVESTON...MATAGORDA...POLK...WALLER... HOUSTON...TRINITY...WHARTON...COLORADO...AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 AM. A SLOW MOVING PACIFIC COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH STRONG SOUTHEASTERY WINDS BRINGING MOISTURE ASHORE FROM THE GULF HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. WEATHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AND AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS AR`E REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 4:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 4:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Washington | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 5:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 5:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 6:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 64 min |
| Mar 13, 8:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 8:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 61 min |
| Mar 13, 9:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison | 59 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.