Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1997, 5:57 PM CDT for Jackson County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports 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
- May 28, 1997, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Hail 1 | La Ward, TX | |
| May 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lolita, TX | |
| May 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Vanderbilt, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 28, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 215 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 QUITE BUSY SHIFT W/STRONG CONVECTION FIRING UP OVR MUCH OF FA DUE TO STRONG SURFACE MOISTURE CONV OVR HOU/GLS AREA W/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. WEAK FNTL BOUNDARY PROGGED BY ETA TO SLOWLY SAG SWD AND BECOME DIFFUSE BY THU NITE. MN RHS SHOWING HI VALUES SHIFTING GRAD EWD TOWARDS NW GULF LATER THU INTO FRI. 850 MB THETA-E RIDGE ALSO SHIFTING GRAD SEWD TO NW GULF. MID/HI LVL FLOW SHOWS TROF MOVING TO E/NE OF FA W/FLOW BECOMING MORE W/NWLY FRI. HOWEVER...SHEAR AXIS (700 MB) S OF MN UPPER LVL TROF SHOWN BY ETA BEING LEFT BEHIND AS SHOWN W/MID LVL LOW (ALBEIT WEAK) JUST OFF CRP BY FRI. LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCES OF PCPN OCCURING NOW AND DURING EVE HOURS...W/NOS GOING DOWN DURING. PERHAPS MENTION OF MAINLY EVE TSTMS/SHOWERS 1ST PD. COASTAL ZNS SHOULD HAVE HIGHEST POPS TOMORROW AS BOUNDARY SHIFTS TO THAT AREA. PRELIMS CLL EBBB 65/89 68/89 3222 IAH EBBB 67/88 69/89 4322 GLS EEBB 77/85 76/85 4432 42/37
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
TXZ210-211-226-227-235>237-290240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 338 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AUSTIN...FORT BEND...BRAZORIA...COLORADO...WHARTON...MATAGORDA... AND JACKSON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL ARE PROGRESSING FROM A BELLVILLE TO GALVESTON LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE ENTERING AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT YOUR INFORMATION TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 28, 3:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ210-211-226-227-235>237-290240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 338 PM CDT WED MAY 28 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AUSTIN...FORT BEND...BRAZORIA...COLORADO...WHARTON...MATAGORDA... AND JACKSON. THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL ARE PROGRESSING FROM A BELLVILLE TO GALVESTON LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS ARE ENTERING AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT YOUR INFORMATION TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 59 min |
| May 27, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 56 min |
| May 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 63 min |
| May 27, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 53 min |
| May 27, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Walker | 2 hr |
| May 28, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 67 min |
| May 28, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 62 min |
| May 28, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 62 min |
| May 28, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 61 min |
| May 28, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 64 min |
| May 28, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 57 min |
| May 28, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 62 min |
| May 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 57 min |
| May 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 68 min |
| May 28, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 31 min |
| May 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 59 min |
| May 28, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 69 min |
| May 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.