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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 5, 2001Waller County, Texas

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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado44 min
May 5, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Walker44 min
May 5, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Waller44 min
May 5, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos44 min
May 5, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris44 min
May 5, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker58 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.