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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 11, 2000Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2000, 12:22 AM CST for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2000, 12:22 AM CST (06:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Matagorda County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2395 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
2395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KHGX 110624
SVRHOU
TXC321-110700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1222 AM CST SAT MAR 11 2000

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

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CST

* AT 1217 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  MIDFIELD
  MARKHAM
  BAY CITY
  SOUTH TEXAS NUCLEAR PLANT

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.

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, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 8:50 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes 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, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1055 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

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

0745 PM    CALDWELL                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   BURLESON                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0745 PM    5 SW NORMANGEE            TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   MADISON                        QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR
                                          NAVASOTA RIVER IN
                                          NORTHWEST TIP OF
                                          COUNTY.  REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0745 PM    HARMONY                   TX   TORNADO
03/10/00   BURLESON                       TRAILER DESTROYED AT CR
                                          118 & SH 36.  TREES
                                          DOWN IN AREA.  SH 36
                                          CLOSED DUE TO DEBRIS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0820 PM    9 E LYONS                 TX   TORNADO
03/10/00   BURLESON                       *** 1 INJ ***
                                          TRAILERS DESTROYED AT
                                          DEER FOREST SUBDIVISION
                                          NEAR SH 1361.  SOME
                                          PEOPLE STILL NOT
                                          ACCOUNTED FOR.  ONE
                                          HOUSE DESROYED AT PIN
                                          OAK SUBDIVISION NEAR SH
                                          1361.  REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0840 PM    CLAY                      TX   TORNADO
03/10/00   BURLESON                       CAR FLIPPED OVER ON SH
                                          50.  REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0920 PM    3 NW GAY HILL             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WASHINGTON                     GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ON
                                          SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE
                                          SOMERVILLE. REPORTED BY
                           =               HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

0956 PM    HEMPSTEAD                 TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/10/00   WALLER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWaller40 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

Nearby

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

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.