Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2001, 9:17 PM CDT for Austin County, Colorado County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2001, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2001, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Austin County, TX, Colorado County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Sealy, TX | Power lines down. |
| Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Eagle Lake, TX | Power lines down. |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 Aug 6, 2:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 2 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 215 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2001 SHRA/TSRA FINALLY DEVELOPING AS CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IS REACHED. EXPECT DECENT COVERAGE THIS EVENING AND ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THINK TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY AS HIGH PW AIR REMAINS RESIDENT OVER THE REGION AND 50H SHEAR ZONE IS JUST TO THE WEST OF SE TX. LACK OF A LOW LEVEL TRIGGER AND MODEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS A BIT UNSETTLING. STILL OF THE OPINION THAT DAYTIME HEATING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SPAWN MANILY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WEDNESDAY. A BIT OF A BREAK THURSDAY/FRIDAY AS UPPER LEVEL HIGH BUILDS ACROSS SE TX... PWS DROP AND GRADIENT TIGHTENS REDUCING POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY. HEIGHTS FALL AGAIN SATURDAY/SUNDAY AND MSTR LEVELS RETURN TO AROUND 1.9 INCHES SO WILL BRING A CHANCE OF TSRA BACK INTO THE FORECAST. MARINE: WEAK GRADIENT EQUALS LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. GRADIENT TIGHTENS ON THURSDAY BUT EXPECT CONDITIONS TO REMAIN BELOW SCA CRITERIA. .KHGX...NONE. 43/45/48 PRELIMS... CLL BE 074/096 073/097 074 342 IAH TT 073/093 074/094 073 352 GLS TT 080/090 081/090 081 352
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.