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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 8, 1995Washington County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 4:41 AM CDT for Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 4:41 AM CDT (09:41 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 303 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3345 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
3345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
5.5
Supercell composite
18.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado64 min
May 8, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, Waller55 min
May 8, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris66 min
May 8, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.