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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 26, 2000Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 4:33 AM CST for Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2000, 4:33 AM CST (10:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 5:30 AM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Madison County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 5:00 AM CSTThunderstorm WindMadisonville, TXTrees down in Madisonville and along FM 247.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 4:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 887 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KHGX 261033
SVRHOU
TXC313-261130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
433 AM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 530 AM CST

* AT 430 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7
  MILES NORTH OF NORMANGEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  NORMANGEE
  MADISONVILLE
  MIDWAY
  NORTH ZULCH

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 

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.

LAT...LON 3128 9602 3117 9619 3087 9614 3094 9567

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 4:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston61 min
Mar 26, 5:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWalker56 min
Mar 26, 5:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXTrinity48 min
Mar 26, 5:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXSan Jacinto60 min
Mar 26, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk41 min
Mar 26, 6:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty65 min
Mar 26, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty45 min

Nearby

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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.