Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

May 20, 2000, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)

Expired

May 20, 2000, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Galveston County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
202 AM CDT SAT MAY 20 2000

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEST GALVESTON BAY TO 5 MILES SOUTH
  OF HITCHCOCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
  GALVESTON
  HIGH ISLAND

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS SQUALL LINE.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.

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.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 8:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
846 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2000

QUITE A BIT OF RAIN FOR PARTS OF THE FA ALREADY THIS EVENING. AREAS
NEAR IAH HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST 6 OF RAIN SINCE ABOUT 5 PM AND THE
APPROACH CONTROL BUILDING AT IAH REPORTED ABOUT 1 OF WATER IN THE
BUILDING AT ONE POINT. MOST OF THESE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF AS
THE JUNCTION OF CELL MERGERS HAVE ALSO MOVED OFF TO THE NE.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT WE COULD STILL BE IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE.
A N-S LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE TSRA DEVELOPING OVER SW/SC TX AS DEEP
MOISTURE/SPOTTY PCPN CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTH FROM THE GULF. EVENING
SOUNDINGS FROM THE AREA INDICATED A VERY WEAK CAP ALONG WITH A
FAIRLY STRONG S/SELY CLIP AT THE LOWER LEVELS. AMS ALSO APPEARS
QUITE UNSTABLE (-9 LI AT CRP) CLOSER TO THE COAST. IN ADDITION...
THERE ARE LIKELY A LOT OF LEFT-OVER MESO BOUNDARIES AROUND THE AREA.
THUS WILL EXTEND THE FFA FOR ALL OF THE CWA AND KEEP THE MENTION OF
SEVERE ALL THE WAY AROUND. 41/47/30/42/48/36

.KHGX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ALL SE TX.

CLL TT 068/084 067/087 068 8534
IAH CE 071/085 069/087 070 8434
GLS CE 075/083 073/083 075 6434

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.