Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 13, 2001, 12:18 AM CDT for Burleson 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
- Oct 13, 2001, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2001, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Burleson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:34 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Caldwell, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 3184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KHGX 130520
SVRHOU
TXC051-130615-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1218 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1211 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN BURLESON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
CALDWELL
SNOOK
LYONS
CRIESMAN
SOMERVILLE
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
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 3062 9691 3044 9692 3033 9665 3042 9632
3069 9664What 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 Oct 12, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 9:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
915 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001
WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REFLECT TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781 AFFECTING
BRAZOS...BURLESON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. NO CHANGE TO REST OF
PACKAGE.
.HGX...TORNADO WATCH TIL 08Z FOR BRAZOS...BURLESON AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES.
FFA ALL ZONES TONIGHT.
SCA BAYS AND 0-60NM GULF WATERS.
37/40/TF
CLL EU 064/070 050/077 055 +40
IAH TU 072/075 052/076 054 +60
GLS TU 076/076 062/074 065 880In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 12, 6:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
636 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM 4 W DAYTON TX WIND DAMAGE
10/12/01 LIBERTY ALONG FM 686, TRAILER
ROOF DAMAGE.
REPORTED BY MEDIA.
0452 PM 2 N DAYTON TX TORNADO
10/12/01 LIBERTY TORNADO DAMAGE ON TX
321, 2 MILES N OF FM
1960, EAST TO US 90.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Oct 12, 9:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
908 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0750 PM 4 W LIVINGSTON TX WIND DAMAGE
10/12/01 POLK TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY
350. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, Oct 12, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ195>197-130800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 930 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM FOR BRAZOS...BURLESON...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD AND SHOULD APPROACH BRAZOS...BURLESON...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHLY UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIR MASS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS AND A FEW TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Washington | 54 min |
| Oct 13, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 56 min |
| Oct 13, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 62 min |
| Oct 13, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 67 min |
| Oct 13, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 63 min |
| Oct 13, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 25 min |
| Oct 13, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 63 min |
| Oct 13, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Trinity | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 61 min |
| Oct 13, 3:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 51 min |
| Oct 13, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 88 min | |
| Oct 13, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 44 min |
| Oct 13, 5:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 115 min | |
| Oct 13, 5:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 115 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.