Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2000, 12:09 AM CST for Jackson County, Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2000, 12:09 AM CST (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Wharton County, TX
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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KHGX 060611 SVRHOU TXC239-321-481-060700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1209 AM CST MON NOV 6 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 100 AM CST * AT 1206 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF EDNA TO 3 MILES NORTH OF POINT COMFORT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE... GANADO... LA WARD... BLESSING... AND PALACIOS. STRONG WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES OR DAMAGE BUILDINGS. TAKE COVER NOW! PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THEf NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2913 9671 2845 9670 2846 9628 2914 9629
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, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 7:18 PM CST, 4 hours 51 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, 4 hours 48 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 11:55 PM CST, 14 minutes before
GMZ335-355-TXZ200-214-238-061100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1155 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CHAMBERS...GALVESTON AND LIBERTY COUNTY UNTIL 5 AM MONDAY. 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 mTHREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS 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, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 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, 12:18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.