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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2000, 5:28 PM CDT for Brazos County, Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- May 5, 2000, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Brazos County, TX, Madison County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | North Zulch, TX |
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 nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 508 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KHGX 052230 SVRHOU TXC041-313-052330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 528 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NORTHERN BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 529 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF NORMANGEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... NORMANGEE NORTH ZULCH THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 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 NATION]AL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3115 9645 3098 9649 3083 9625 3105 9568
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 May 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 245 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2000 WV SAT LOOP INDICATES UPPER LOW MOVING N-NW TODAY. MODEL SOLNS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THIS FEATURE WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE OFF TO THE NE AS IT GETS PICKED UP BY THE WESTERLIES. HEIGHTS WILL RISE OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR WARMER TEMPS AND A DECREASING CHC OF RAIN. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS IN ABUNDANCE THIS AFT WITH NEAR 70 DW PTS ACROSS MOST OF FA. SOUTHWARD SINKING BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER N TX CONVECTION GETTING CLOSE TO NW PORTIONS OF FA. EXPECT SCT TSTMS ACROSS THE NW ZONES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WILL LIKELY ADJUST POPS FOR FIRST PD BASED ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS ACROSS N/NW ZONES AT ISSUANCE TIME. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SVR TSTMS FOR CENTRAL AND N ZONES FOR THIS EVENING. WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHC FOR AFT/EVE TSTMS SAT. ATMOS STILL POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE...BUT NOT LIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT TRIGGER OTHER THAN HEATING. EXPECT CAP TO BE SUFFICIENT ON SUN AND MON TO LEAVE POPS OUT OF FORECAST. WILL BRING SLIGHT CHC BACK ON TUE/WED AS MID-LEVEL TROF MOVES ACROSS AND FRONT WASHES OUT ACROSS AREA. TEMPS WILL BE CLOSE TO GUID NUMBERS. LITTLE CHG IN SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED DURING THE PD AS HIGH REMAINS TO OUR EAST AND LOW PRESSURE TROF IS PARKED IN TX PANHANDLE/FAR WEST TEXAS. SE WINDS EXPECTED IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE AFT HOURS. 33/47 .KHGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL BB 071/088 071/089 072 321 IAH BB 071/088 071/088 072 321 GLS BB 074/082 075/082 075 221
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 35 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.