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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 2, 1996Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 8:12 PM CDT for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1996, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wharton County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindEl Campo, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1287 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 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jun 2, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria61 min
Jun 2, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado61 min
Jun 2, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado30 min
Jun 3, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend60 min
Jun 3, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris62 min
Jun 3, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend57 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris57 min
Jun 3, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWharton56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.