Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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.
- 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
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 ALIn 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Walker | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Mar 11, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 44 min |
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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.