Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 7:20 PM CST for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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 10, 2000, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:40 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Caldwell, TX | At least 50 reports of damage to cars and homes. |
| Mar 10, 7:45 PM CST | Hail 1 | Normangee, TX | Hail on OSR near Navasota River. |
| Mar 10, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado F3 | Caldwell, TX | Tornado touched down near Harmony at 1955 CST with significant tree damage including an 18 inch diameter tree blown down. A trailer was also significantly damaged. Tornado then tracked to just south of Center Line with mostly F0 tree damage along its path. T |
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 10, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KHGX 110120
SVRHOU
TXC041-051-313-110200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
800 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CST
* AT 720 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF NORMANGEE TO 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KURTEN TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CALDWELL...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
WIXON VALLEY...KURTEN...NORTH ZULCH
CALDWELL
BRYAN
MADISONVILLE
COLLEGE STATION...MIDWAY...SNOOK
MILLICAN
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND AND/OR LARGE
HAIL. MOVE TO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL 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 3125 9614 3090 9643 3058 9702 3032 9667
3043 9614 3084 9622 3093 9565 3106 9569What 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 Mar 10, 6:30 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:30 PM CST, 50 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH
WATCH INFO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
630 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000
...UPDATE...
ALL OF OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA HAS BEEN PLACED UNDER A TORNADO WATCH
THAT IS IN EFFECT MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES THAT
WERE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM ARE NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. BIG STORMS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE COLLEGE STATION
ARE HEADING SOUTHEAST TOWARD OUR AREA..AND MORE ARE DEVELOPING
ACROSS OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES.
...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS DUE TO SOME DESTABILIZATION FROM
DAYTIME HEATING (INLAND TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S). RISK FOR
SEVERE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES AND WILL CONTINUE ON INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS
AS ACTIVITY DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE OUT WEST ORGANIZES/
STRENGTHENS AND HEADS THIS WAY. DEEPENING UPPER LOW TAKING SHAPE
AROUND THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ALONG
THE RED RIVER AND PROVIDE ENHANCED LIFT TONIGHT. PER SPC
COORDINATION CALLS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS (INCLUDING THE
HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION AREAS) WILL BE PLACED IN A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH BEFORE 22Z THAT WILL LIKELY LAST UNTIL 03Z OR
04Z. AN SPSHOU WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 22Z FOR THIS WATCH. WILL UPDATE
THE AFDHOU WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR TO IDENTIFY WHICH OF OUR COUNTIES
ARE IN THE WATCH. EXPECT SEVERE RISK TO LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES ON THROUGH. PREVIOUS
FORECASTER HAD ACTIVITY LINGERING ALONG THE COAST IN THE MORNING...
AND THIS STILL SEEMS POSSIBLE. RAPID CLEARING...BREEZY CONDITIONS...
AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THE AREA ON SATURDAY BEHIND
THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVERHEAD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
REDUCING THE WINDS AND CONTINUING THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE
HIGH WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST ON MONDAY RESULTING IN INCREASING
CLOUDS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF RAIN CHANCES BACK INTO THE FORECAST
FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM
THE WEST.
.KHGX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 04Z FOR ALL SE TX COUNTIES
EXCEPT JACKSON AND MATAGORDA
(TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-237-238)
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOR ALL BAYS AND
COASTAL WATERS.
42/37/46/34/38/31/WT
PRELIMS...
CLL UU 045/064 038/068 050 42700
IAH UU 051/066 039/068 051 425-0
GLS UU 057/063 049/065 056 42530In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 3:43 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-237-238-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 343 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES METRO HOUSTON/GALVESTON...COLLEGE STATION... COLUMBUS...MADISONVILLE...CROCKETT...HUNTSVILLE...CONROE...AND LIBERTY. AT PRESENT...MATAGORDA AND JACKSON COUNTIES ARE NOT INCLUDED...BUT MAY BE ADDED LATER THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PROGRESSING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA FROM CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS WARM AND MOIST. COOLER DRIER AIR IS FOUND BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE ALSO INCREASING IN SPEED WITH HEIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SHEAR... INSTABILITY AND THE STRONG BOUNDARY HEADED FOR THE REGION COULD CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR THE AREA WILL BE GREATEST THIS EVENING BEFORE THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA THIS EVENING...METRO HOUSTON BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 300 AM...AND THE COASTLINE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THIS EVENING...BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE BEST PLACE TO BE IN SEVERE WEATHER IS INSIDE A REINFORCED STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE EVENING.
Local storm report, Mar 10, 4:54 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
454 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM PENNINGTON TX .88 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 HOUSTON REPORTED BY HOUSTON
COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0410 PM MOSCOW TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/10/00 POLK REPORTED BY THE POLK
COUNTY SHERIFF.Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-110600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 615 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS REPLACED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM WITH A TORNADO WATCH. THE TORNADO WATCH COVER ALL SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES... METRO HOUSTON/GALVESTON...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...MADISONVILLE... CROCKETT...HUNTSVILLE...CONROE...AND LIBERTY...EDNA..AND BAY CITY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PROGRESSING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE AREA FROM CENTRAL TEXAS. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS WARM AND MOIST. COOLER DRIER AIR IS FOUND BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE ARE ALSO INCREASING IN SPEED WITH HEIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SHEAR... INSTABILITY AND THE STRONG BOUNDARY HEADED FOR THE REGION COULD CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BE SEVERE...PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR THE AREA WILL BE GREATEST THIS EVENING BETWEEN 800 PM AND 900 PM FOR THE BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION AREA... BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 1100 PM FOR THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE HOUSTON AREA...AND BETWEEN 1100 PM AND MIDNIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE HOUSTON AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THIS EVENING...BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THE BEST PLACE TO BE IN SEVERE WEATHER IS INSIDE A REINFORCED STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Walker | 31 min |
| Mar 10, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 52 min |
| Mar 10, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Mar 11, 12:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 44 min |
| Mar 11, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 38 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.