Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2001, 2:01 AM CDT for Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2001, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2001, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Waller County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 4, 8:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 8:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 825 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 RATHER IMPRESSIVE SQUALL LINE OVER W/C TX CONTINUING TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST AROUND 20 MPH. EXTRAPOLATING...WE SHOULD SEE THIS LINE MOVE IN TO THE WRN FRINGES OF THE FA CLOSE AOA MIDNIGHT. STRONG INFLOW PER- SISTING WITH VAD WIND PROFILE INDICATING WINDS OF 30-40KTS. WE WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SCATTERED TSRAS DEVELOPING OVER SE TX JUST AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. GIVEN THE INTENSITY OF THE ONGOING ACTIVITY TO OUR W (AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE LATEST WATCH BOXES)...AM CONSIDERING ADD- ING THE MENTION OF SEVERE TO ZONES THIS UPDATE. HOWEVER...CAPES ARE ON THE LOW SIDE AND UPPER SUPPORT MAY OUTRUN THE LINE BEFORE IT GET IN THE AREA. SO WILL SIT ON THIS A LITTLE LONGER AND MAKE THE FINAL DECISION AT PRESS TIME. OTHERWISE...GOING NUMBERS LOOK OK. 41/36/39 .HGX...SCEC FOR BAYS AND WATERS OUT TO 60 NM. PRELIMS... CLL TE 069/078 067/083 065 674 IAH TE 070/080 068/083 067 472 GLS TE 072/079 072/080 071 472
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 9:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 44 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 44 min |
| May 5, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 58 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.