Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Madisonville, TX | Trees 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 61 min |
| Mar 26, 5:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 5:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 5:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 6:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 6:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 65 min |
| Mar 26, 7:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.