Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 10:03 AM CDT for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1995, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fort Bend County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 2580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
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 Apr 4, 9:46 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:46 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 940 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995 GOOD THERMAL AND MOISTURE ADVECTION SHOWN AT 850 MB LVL THIS MORNING. 700/500 MB LAPSE RATES OF 20 DEG JUST TO SW OF RGN. ADAP SHOWS SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE VALUES TO 40 G/KG BETWEEN SAT AND VCT. PATTERN FOR CONTINUOUS RW/TRW DEVELOPMENT UNTIL WED MORNING. WL CONT W/FFA OVR RGN UNTIL TONITE. SVR TSTM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MOST COUNTIES UNTIL 2 PM CxDT TODAY. WL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO LOWER MAX TEMPS 1ST PD A TAD DUE TO CONSIDERABLE CLD COVER AND PCPN. #37
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 5:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-041700- SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 515 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA...LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT...AND FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA INCLUDE COLLEGE STATION...BRENHAM... HOUSTON... EL CAMPO...GALVESTON...LIVINGSTON...JASPER AND BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR. IN ADDITION A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION TODAY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...GENERALLY WEST OF A HIGH ISLAND TO KOUNTZE LINE TODAY BEFORE THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SHIFTS SOUTH AND EAST TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS THREAT MzAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE COAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 8:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 830 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE THE COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON...AUSTIN ...BRAZOS...COLORADO...JACKSON...WHARTON...BURLESON... BRAZORIA...GRIMES...LIBERTY...SAN JACINTO...CHAMBERS...MATAGORDA...FORT BEND...HARRIS...MONTGOMERY...WALKER...GALVESTON...POLK AND WALLER. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION...IN COMBINATION WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT MID MORNING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE MAINLY SOUTH OF A KOUNTZE...COLLEGE STATION LINE. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 8:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-042000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 830 AM CDT TUE APR 4 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 2 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE THE COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON...AUSTIN ...BRAZOS...COLORADO...JACKSON...WHARTON...BURLESON... BRAZORIA...GRIMES...LIBERTY...SAN JACINTO...CHAMBERS...MATAGORDA...FORT BEND...HARRIS...MONTGOMERY...WALKER...GALVESTON...POLK AND WALLER. VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION...IN COMBINATION WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT MID MORNING...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE MAINLY SOUTH OF A KOUNTZE...COLLEGE STATION LINE. REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 69 min |
| Apr 4, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 68 min |
| Apr 4, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 61 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.