Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 1995, 12:44 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 1995, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1995, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 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, 8:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 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, 4 hours 3 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, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 57 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, 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.