Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 2000, 5:50 PM CST for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- Nov 2, 2000, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2000, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burleson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 3108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KHGX 022352 SVRHOU TXC051-030030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 550 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 630 PM CST * AT 549 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF CALDWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... CRIESMAN LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME ORH BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 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 Nov 2, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 2, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 225 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 A BREAK IN THE ACTION HAS OCCURRED WITH THE EXODUS OF THE SPEED MAX THIS MORNING. SHORTWAVE OVER MEXICO WILL TRACK OUT TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE HILL COUNTRY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORMS W OF VCT UNDERWENT A NICE SPLIT AND THE "RIGHT" MOVER LOOKS A BIT STRONGER. HAVING A BOUNDARY TO WORK ON AND DEEP MOISTURE IT APPEARS TO BE A GIVEN THAT THE NORTHERN CWA WILL SEE RAIN...SOUTHERN CWA WILL PROBABLY NOT GET THE COVERAGE NOR QUANTITY OF THE NORTHERN. FRIDAY SHOULD BE A REPEAT WITH CAPE CLIMBING TO AROUND 1500-2000J/KG...LI -2 TO -4 AND COURTESY OF THE MORE BACKED WIND IN PROXIMITY TO THE FRONT THE HELICITIES CLIMB TO IN EXCESS OF 180. UPPER JET SHIFTS FURTHER NORTH TO AN ELP TO TOP LINE THIS WILL LEAVE SETX ONLY THE SUBTROPICAL JET FOR ANY ADDITIONAL KICKERS. STRONG SHORTWAVE KICKS OUT OF THE MEAN TROUGH SUNDAY PLACING SETX BACK UNDER THE GUN. EXTENDED GUIDANCE STILL LOOKS WET BUT GETTING SPECIFIC AT THIS POINT DOESN'T SEEM VERY SMART AS S/W TIMING THAT IS FORECAST TO DRIVE THE EARLY WEEK EVOLUTION IS STILL OVER THE PACIFIC NEAR 160W AND WELL REMOVED FROM THE OBSERVATION NETWORK. .KHGX...SCEC COASTAL WATERS 20-60 NM. 45/41/35 PRELIMS... CLL TT 066/075 063/070 060 888 IAH WW 070/079 064/074 062 667 GLS WW 074/080 073/079 070 556
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 2, 3:40 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 340 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 TXZ163-164-176-177-195>198-210-211-031000- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-COLORADO-GRIMES-HOUSTON-MADISON-TRINITY-WALKER- WASHINGTON- 340 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY... A SLOW MOVING FRONT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG A TYLER TO WACO TO JUNCTION LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF NORTHERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IN RESPONSE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE RICH AIR WILL STREAM OVER THE REGION AND COLLIDE WITH THE FRONT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND COLLIDE WITH THE FRONT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. THE TRACK OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST. SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW MOVING A CORRIDOR OF HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AMOUNTS REACHING 3 TO 5 INCHES. ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY...THERE MAY BE STANDING WATER IN THE TYPICAL LOW-LYING SPOTS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES... FEEDER ROADS...AND ALONG BAYOUS. AS ALWAYS...NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND AWARE OF CONDITIONS AT NIGHT. YOU CAN GET THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR FROM OTHER NEWS SOURCES. TXZ178-179-199-200-212-213-226-227-031000- FORT BEND-HARRIS-LIBERTY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-WALLER-WHARTON- 340 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000 ...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY... A SLOW MOVING FRONT HAS BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG A TYLER TO WACO TO JUNCTION LINE. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF NORTHERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. IN RESPONSE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE RICH AIR WILL STREAM OVER THE REGION AND COLLIDE WITH THE FRONT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE TRACK OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST. SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE SLOW MOVING A CORRIDOR OF HEAVY RAIN COULD DEVELOP. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1/2 TO 1 INCH WITH WIDELY SCATTERED AMOUNTS REACHING 2 TO 4 INCHES. ALTHOUGH FLASH FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY...THERE MAY BE STANDING WATER IN THE TYPICAL LOW-LYING SPOTS SUCH AS UNDERPASSES... FEEDER ROADS...AND ALONG BAYOUS. AS ALWAYS...NEVER DRIVE ACROSS ANY LOCATION WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND AWARE OF CONDITIONS AT NIGHT. YOU CAN GET THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR FROM OTHER NEWS SOURCES.
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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.