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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2000, 7:59 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 1, 2000, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazoria County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Sep 1, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
235 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000
SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES IN TODAYS 12Z MODELS...BUT ANY WAY YOU WANT
TO LOOK AT IT WILL REMAIN HOT FOR THE NEXT 72 HRS AS GENERAL
SYNOPTIC PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE. MESO-ETA/ETA/AVN HAVE DIFFERENCES
REGARDING 850 TEMPS WITH AVN TAKING THE 24C ISOTHERM NORTH AND WEST.
ETA/MESO-ETA WHICH HAVE DONE FAIRLY WELL RECENTLY KEEPS THEM STATUS
QUO. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 MODELS IS A WEAK IMPULSE ETA
TRIES TO BRING SWD INTO N TX BY 06Z WITH AN AREA OF PRECIP DEVELOPING
IN THE WACO AREA. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...DEBRIS CLOUDS LEFT OVER COULD
HOLD TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES SAT BUT ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HIGHS IS
LIKELY.
WILL LEAVE POPS IN FCST THRU SAT NIGHT WITH MODELS SHOWING STRONG
OMEGA FIELD EACH AFTN DURING PEAK HEATING. THEN PW'S FCST TO
GRADUALLY DECREASE BELOW 1.5" SUNDAY ALLOWING US TO ADD ANOTHER 1-3
DEGREES FOR AFTN HIGHS. EXTENDED WILL PROBABLY REMAIN AS IS...
HOPEFULLY SOME RELIEF TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
.KHGX...HEAT ADVISORY ALL ZONES.
RED FLAG WARNING ALL ZONES.
47/37/48
PRELIMS... RECORDS...
TMRW SEPT ALL-TIME
CLL GG 076/105 076/108 076 323 104/1939 106/1985 110/1917
IAH GG 079/104 079/107 079 323 101/1995 102/1985 107/1980
GLS BB 081/094 081/095 081 212 98/19T95 98/1995 101/1932In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 3:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
GMZ335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-020245- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 338 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... ...RECORD SETTING DANGEROUS HEAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND... AT 330 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE HOUSTON METRO AREA NORTHWARD THROUGH EAST TEXAS. THESE STORMS ARE FORECAST TO KEEP MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DUE IN PART TO THE EXTREME HEAT...THESE ARE UNUSUALLY HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. THE THREAT FOR STRONG DOWNBURSTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MID EVENING WHEN TEMPERATURES COOL SOMEWHAT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OR MOVE THROUGH THE HOUSTON METRO AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 7 PM. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE PRESENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR MORE DOWNBURST PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION THE DROUGHT THAT SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING HAS DRIED LEAVES AND TREE LITTER THAT HAVE MADE VERY FLAMMABLE FUEL MATERIAL FOR EASILY STARTED FIRES. BURN BANS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LIGHTNING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STARTING WILDFIRES EASILY...AND THE STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS WILL FAN THE FLAMES. BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FIRES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND CURTAIL ACTIVITIES THAT COULD START FIRES ESPECIALLY WHILE OPERATING EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF IGNITING FIRES. THE EXTREME HEAT THAT HAS TIED ALL TIME RECORD HIGHS THE PAST TWO DAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 103 TO 107 EXCEPT IN THE 90S RIGHT AT THE COAST. HEAT INDICES WILL LIKELY REACH 110 EACH AFTERNOON. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT C1AN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP:\TXFORESTSERVICE.TAMU.EDU OR BY PHONE TOLL FREE AT 1-877-258-5973.
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.