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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 8, 1995Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1995, 6:09 AM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1995, 6:09 AM CDT (11:09 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1995, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Harris County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 331 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1702 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 1995-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
15.6

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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
May 8, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado64 min
May 8, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington64 min
May 8, 6:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, Waller55 min
May 8, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty56 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.