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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 16, 2001Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 2001, 12:59 AM CST for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2001, 12:59 AM CST (06:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2001, 1:45 AM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Burleson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 275 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

827 
WUUS54 KHGX 160700
SVRHOU
TXC051-160745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1259 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 100 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  NEAR LYONS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...  
  LYONS
  SNOOK

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR 
BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BRIEFLY 
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. 

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 3038 9678 3028 9669 3047 9634 3063 9651

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 Nov 15, 8:15 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 8:15 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
815 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

KCRP SOUNDING THIS EVENING SHOWS A LOT OF ENERGY...CAPES AT 3500
J/KG AND T/DP PROFILE SHOWS RAPID DRYING ABOVE 700 MB. SATELLITE
IMAGERY ALONG W/LIGHTING DENSITY TRENDS WOULD INDICATE A SLOW SHIFT
OF CONVECTION EASTWARD. STRONG CLUSTER OF TSTMS JUST WEST OF
BURLESON COUNTY WHILE LARGE SUPERCELL ONLY ABOUT A COUNTY AWAY FROM
JACKSON COUNTY. FORECAST ON TRACK W/HIGHER POPS WESTERN ZONES AND
MENTION OF POSSIBLE SEVERE CONVECTION. DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN IN THE
MID 60S INLAND AREAS EXCEPT FAR NW SECTIONS WHERE IT WILL BE
SLIGHTLY LOWER. WILL MAKE SLIGHT UPWARD ADJUSTMENT IN MINS FOR
TONIGHT. PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS TIGHTENED...HENCE WILL INCREASE WIND
SPEEDS ESPECIALLY FOR COASTAL AREAS. WILL INCREASE SCA COVERAGE TO
INCLUDE ALL OF COASTAL WATERS. CONTINUE SCEC FOR BAYS.

.HGX...TORNADO WATCH TIL 11PM FOR WASHINGTON...AUSTIN...
       COLORADO...WHARTON...AND JACKSON COUNTIES.
       SCEC BAYS...SCA GULF WATERS 0-60 NM.

37/45

PRELIMS...
CLL EB 063/076 057/074 052 644
IAH EB 062/077 055/076 053 332
GLS BB 068/075 063/073 062 322

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.