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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 22, 1995Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 10:27 PM CDT for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Matagorda County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2759 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 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes118 min
Apr 22, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos24 min
Apr 22, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto57 min
Apr 23, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Wharton68 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.