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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2000, 10:26 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2000, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2000, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Burleson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 2764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
379 WUUS54 KHGX 280329 SVRHOU TXC051-280345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1026 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 1021 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF SNOOK TO 20 MILES WEST OF SNOOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE... SNOOK LAKE SOMERVILLE STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OR DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW 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. LAT...LON 3062 9654 3043 9684 3030 9664 3043 9630
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 27, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 900 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 DECIDED TO HOLD UPDATE TONIGHT TO SEE MCS DEVELOPMENT...IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GOOD DECISION GIVEN THE STRONG SQUALL LINE FORM SHV TO DRT. POPS AND WHETHER SEVERE WILL OCCUR ARE THE MAIN UPDATE ISSUES. THE 00Z SOUNDINGS ARE OF LITTLE USE SINCE THEY ARE EITHER TOO FAR AHEAD OR BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE. HOWEVER...MAPS 01Z SOUNDING FROM NEAR CLL SHOWS CAPE AROUND 2500 J/KG-1 AND LI OF -6. REGIONAL 88DS SHOW 40-45 DBZ ALONG MOST OF THE LINE...WITH SOME 50 DBZ CORES IN CNTRL TX ALONG THE SECTOR THAT WOULD PROPAGATE INTO OUR AREA. THE QUESTION IS WILL IT...HOW FAR...AND IF SEVERE. IR IMAGERY SHOWS COOLING CLOUD TOPS OVER THE PAST HOUR AND REGIONAL 88DS SHOW CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS DEVELOPING JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE...BOTH OF WHICH STRONGLY INDICATE THE LINE WILL GO FOR AT LEAST A FEW 2 MORE HOURS...AND THUS INTO OUR AREA. MSAS SHOWS MOIST AIR CONVERGENCE IS HIGHEST FROM SHV SWWRD INTO AND OVER OUR ENTIRE CWA...BUT DAYTIME HEATING IS WANING...SO THE LINE WILL LIKELY MAKE IT AT LEAST HALFWAY. MODEL GUIDANCE DEPICTS THE FORCING DISSIPATING BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z OVER OUR NRN CWA. SO WELL GO WITH A NW-SE POPS GRADIENT OF 70/50/40/30. SEVERE STORMS SEEM UNLIKELY GIVEN THE MINIMAL CHARACTERISTICS NOW AND WANING HEATING. HOWEVER...00Z 500-700MB ANALYSES SHOW 25-40KT OF WIND BEHIND THE MCS...SUGGESTING ISOLATED MINIMAL POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND. OVERALL...WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR HIGHER POPS AND USE NOWCASTS TO HIGHLIGHT GUSTY WIND/LIGHTNING/BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS MAIN THREATS. WILL ALSO LOWER TEMPS A BIT NW ZONES DUE TO RAIN-COOLED AIR. .HGX...NONE. UPDATED PRELIMS... CLL BB 072/091 073/094 072 730 IAH BB 076/091 073/093 073 430 GLS BB 079/086 078/088 078 320
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 27, 10:05 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>213-226-227-280700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1005 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2000 ...LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM FROM 10 PM TO 2 AM... EXPECT A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM 10 PM TO 2 AM. EVEN THOUGH THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS REMOTE...SOME OF THESE STRONG STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION...LOOK FOR 30 TO 90 MINUTES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN MOST PLACES...WITH SOME SPOTS POSSIBLY RECEIVING UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. PRUDENT ACTION NOW CAN SAVE A HEADACHE IN THE MORNING. SECURE OR PUT INDOORS WIND SENSITIVE ITEMS SUCH AS HANGING PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND GARBAGE CANS. YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO KEEP PETS INDOOR TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...LOW VISIBILITY...AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL NEW SOURCES FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. 31/JWZ
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.