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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 10, 2000Waller County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 9:50 PM CST for Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 10, 2000, 9:50 PM CST (03:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 10:30 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Waller County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 9:56 PM CSTHail 1Hempstead, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 10, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 10, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 10, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 269 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1545 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
1545 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KHGX 110352
SVRHOU
TXC473-110430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
950 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 946 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4    
  MILES NORTH OF HEMPSTEAD...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...  
  HEMPSTEAD
  PINE ISLAND
  PRAIRIE VIEW

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR 
BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE AND 
LARGE HAIL.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE...
OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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 Mar 10, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
850 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

GETTING REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN BURLESON COUNTY ALONG PATH OF BEST
ROTATION FROM SUPERCELL AHEAD OF COLD FRONT.  GOOD CALL SPC IN
UPGRADING TO TORNADO WATCH EARLIER...

SHOULD THE BIG CELL HOLD TOGETHER TRACK WILL LIKELY TAKE IT ACROSS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.  FRONT MAKING SPEEDY PROGRESS AND APPEARS IT
WILL EVENTUALLY OVERTAKE CURRENT SEVERE CELLS.  EXPECT SQUALL LINE
AND FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH HOUSTON AREA 10-12 THEN OFF THE COAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT.  CURRENT ZONES WILL BE LEFT AS IS AND WILL UPDATE TO
CLEAR ZONES FROM WATCH AFTER FRONT PASSES.  ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO
MARINE.

.KHGX...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 06Z FOR ALL SE TX COUNTIES.
     ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR ALL BAYS AND
        COASTAL WATERS.

30 ET AL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 4:54 PM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
454 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    PENNINGTON                TX   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   HOUSTON                        REPORTED BY HOUSTON
                                          COUNTY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

0410 PM    MOSCOW                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   POLK                           REPORTED BY THE POLK
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:15 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-110600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
615 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS REPLACED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM WITH A
TORNADO WATCH. THE TORNADO WATCH COVER ALL SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES...
METRO HOUSTON/GALVESTON...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...MADISONVILLE...
CROCKETT...HUNTSVILLE...CONROE...AND LIBERTY...EDNA..AND BAY CITY.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PROGRESSING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA FROM
CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS WARM AND MOIST.
COOLER DRIER AIR IS FOUND BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
ARE ALSO INCREASING IN SPEED WITH HEIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SHEAR...
INSTABILITY AND THE STRONG BOUNDARY HEADED FOR THE REGION COULD CAUSE
SOME OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE...PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR THE AREA WILL BE GREATEST THIS EVENING
BETWEEN 800 PM AND 900 PM FOR THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA...
BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1100 PM FOR THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE HOUSTON
AREA...AND BETWEEN 1100 PM AND MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE
HOUSTON AREA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THIS EVENING...BE
ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THE BEST PLACE TO
BE IN SEVERE WEATHER IS INSIDE A REINFORCED STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE EVENING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston40 min
Mar 10, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson40 min
Mar 10, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMadison40 min
Mar 10, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXBurleson30 min
Mar 10, 7:59 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXGrimes, Walker31 min
Mar 10, 8:14 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXBurleson, Washington46 min
Mar 10, 8:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Washington49 min
Mar 10, 10:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris52 min
Mar 10, 11:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery26 min
Mar 11, 12:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWharton44 min
Mar 11, 12:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMatagorda38 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.