Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1997, 3:59 AM CST for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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
- Nov 5, 1997, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 1997, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Galveston County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 4:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston, TX | Hotel roof on 61st St. blown off. |
| Nov 5, 4:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston, TX | Garden shed at nursery on 32nd St. destroyed |
| Nov 5, 4:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston, TX | Windows blown out at the Moody Center on the Seawall. |
| Nov 5, 4:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Galveston, TX | Powerlines blown down in eastern Galveston. |
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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 Nov 5, 2:25 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 2:25 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 225 AM CST WED NOV 5 1997 WAA SHRA/TSRA BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THIS MORNING AS AMS OVER SE TX CONTINUES TO MOISTEN AND DESTABILIZE. A COUPLE OF STRONG STORMS HAVE PERSISTED ALONG THE COAST AND LATEST VAD WIND PROFILE INDICATING VERY GOOD INFLOWS (45KT WINDS FROM 2-4KFT). PWs PROGGED TO 1.3-1.5 LATER THIS MORNING AS ROBUST S/W ENERGY RIDES DOWN THE NWLY FLOW ALOFT INTO THE AREA JUST AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. CROSS-SECTIONS STILL IN- DICATING VERY IMPRESSIVE LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEADING SYSTEM...AS WELL AS SOME DECENT WIND SHEAR WITH HEIGHT THRU THIS AFTN. UPPER JET PATTERN ALSO REMAINS FAVORABLE, AND SHOULD FURTHER ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. ONLY CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS RUNS WOULD THEN BE THAT PROGS HAVE SLOWED THINGS A BIT AND ARE NOW GOING WITH A MID TO LATE MORNING START TO THE FIREWORKS. AS A RESULT, WILL PUSH FROPA TIMES 2-3 HOURS BACK IN THE NEXT SET OF TAFS/ROOUND OF STATEMENTS. WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF SEVERE FOR THE 1ST PD. WILL TAKE A BLEND OF GUIDANCE NUM- BERS FOR FINAL TALLY ON TEMPS. 41 PRELIMS... CLL C>B/V U/V 74/46 72/40 6000 (SVR TDY/CLRING AFTN) IAH C>B/V U/V 77/48 70/41 6000 (SVR TDY/CLRING LATE AFTN) GLS C>B/V U/V 76/56 70/52 6000 (SVR TDY/CLRING LATE AFTN)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 4, 10:01 PM CST, 5 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TEXAS
1101 PM CDT TUE NOV 04 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0758 PM MIDFIELD TX WIND DAMAGE
11/04/97 MATAGORDA CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD BY
STRONG WINDS ON HIGHWAY 71
NORTH OF MIDFIELD. UNKNOWN
INJURIES.Local storm report, Nov 4, 10:04 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TEXAS
1101 PM CDT TUE NOV 04 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0758 PM MIDFIELD TX WIND DAMAGE
11/04/97 MATAGORDA CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD BY
STRONG WINDS ON HIGHWAY 71
l NORTH OF MIDFIELD. UNKNOWN
INJURIES.Local storm report, Nov 4, 10:04 PM CST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON, TX
1004 PM CST TUE NOV 04 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0658 PM MIDFIELD TX WIND DAMAGE
11/04/97 MATAGORDA CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD BY
STRONG WINDS ON HIGHWAY 71
NORTH OF MIDFIELD. UNKNOWN
INJURIES.Local storm report, Nov 4, 10:05 PM CST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON, TX
1004 PM CST TUE NOV 04 1997
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0658 PM MIDFIELD TX WIND DAMAGE
11/04/97 MATAGORDA CAR BLOWN OFF ROAD BY
STRONG WINDS ON HIGHWAY 71
NORTH OF MIDFIELD. UNKNOWN
INJURIES.The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 60 min |
| Nov 4, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 54 min |
| Nov 4, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 64 min |
| Nov 4, 11:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 59 min |
| Nov 4, 11:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 41 min |
| Nov 5, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 2:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 59 min |
| Nov 5, 3:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 65 min |
| Nov 5, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 69 min |
| Nov 5, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 5:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 54 min |
| Nov 5, 5:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 59 min |
| Nov 5, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 58 min |
| Nov 5, 7:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston | 2 hr |
| Nov 5, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 64 min |
| Nov 5, 8:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 8:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 119 min |
| Nov 5, 8:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 58 min |
| Nov 5, 8:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 68 min |
| Nov 5, 10:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 37 min |
| Nov 5, 2:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.