Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2000, 10:26 PM CST for Grimes County, Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2000, 10:26 PM CST (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2000, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grimes County, TX, Madison County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Courtney, TX | Large metal barn torn off foundation and large trees down at CR 323 and CR 325. |
| Nov 5, 11:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville, TX | Trees and power lines down. |
| Nov 5, 11:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TX | Trees down just east of Anderson with trees blocking CR 235 near Shiro. |
| Nov 5, 11:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TX | Numerous trees down at CR 166 and CR 190 5 miles northeast of Anderson and along SH 6 just north of Navasota. Numerous power lines down across county. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 Nov 5, 7:18 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 7:18 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 718 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 CURRENT FCST ON TRACK AND NO UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING. SQUALL LINE WILL APPROACH NW ZONES 8:30ISH AND CONTINUE WESTWARD. 100+ KNOT JET APPROACHING LAREDO AREA ATTM & LOOKS LIKE SE TX WILL BE ON THE LFQ AS IT CONTINUES ON A NE TRACK. MAIN THREAT APPEARS THE BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS/BOW ECHOS. SHEAR ALSO BECOMES BETTER OVER OUR CWA SO ISOLATED TORNADOS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EITHER. FF THREAT CONTINUES ESPECIALLY ACROSS NRN HALF WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. ANTICIPATE NEW WATCH TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR FOR OUR CWA. MAY NEED A SCA WITH INCREASING SRLY FLOW BUT WILL MAKE THAT CALL AT PRESS TIME. .KHGX...FFA TONIGHT NORTH OF LINE FROM WHARTON TO LIBERTY. 47/36 PRELIMS... CLL BB 064/076 056/072 059 +30 IAH WB 066/078 057/077 063 +40 GLS WB 070/077 068/078 069 +50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 7:21 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-060800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 721 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS VALID FROM 8 PM SUNDAY UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY. COUNTIES THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE: AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND....GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY... MADISON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY... WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...WHARTON...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. LEON...MILAM AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIO NS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Washington, Wharton | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 64 min |
| Nov 5, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 50 min |
| Nov 5, 11:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Walker | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 53 min |
| Nov 5, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 53 min |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Walker | 45 min |
| Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris | 65 min |
| Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 65 min |
| Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 65 min |
| Nov 6, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 51 min |
| Nov 6, 12:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 102 min |
| Nov 6, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 45 min |
| Nov 6, 12:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Burleson, Colorado, Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 1:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Madison, San Jacinto, Walker | 2 hr |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.