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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 8, 2001Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2001, 5:33 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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 8, 2001, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Burleson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 167 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 12:00Z on 2001-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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.

000 
WUUS54 KHGX 082237
SVRHOU
TXC051-082315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
533 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  NEAR CHRIESMAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...  
  CHRIESMAN...RURAL BURLESON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF CHRIESMAN.

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR 
BUSINESS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS STORM 
IS DIME SIZE HAIL. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. 

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 3057 9659 3072 9671 3051 9O713 3031 9696

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 8, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
240 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2001

KHGX...VIS/IR IMAGERY...AND NLDN SHOW SCT SHRA/TSRA IN TWO DIFFERENT
PORTIONS OF SERN TX EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONE PORTION IS ALONG A
WEAK BOUNDARY OVER THE NWRN CWA...THE OTHER ALONG THE SEA BREEZE.
EXPECT SOME DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CNTRL SECTIONS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN ALL OF THE ACTIVITY DYING OFF 1-2 HOURS AFTER
SUNSET. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS LOW POPS THROUGH ALL PERIODS AND
TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED.

THE 12Z NCEP MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT AND THE ETA/AVN TREND WELL
INTO THE 00Z MRF. NO MAJOR PREFERENCE...OTHER THAN WARMER FWC TEMPS
LOOK SUPERIOR TO MAV/FAN TEMPS. IN FACT...FWC  TEMPS SEEM 2-4F TOO
LOW. MEX TEMPS LOOK FINE FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO UPPER LEVEL FORCING FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS.
MEANWHILE...PWS DROP SLIGHTLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...SURGE UP
A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CIRCULATION OVER
THE GULF...THEN DROP AS A STRONG RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTER OF
NOAM. THEREFORE...POPS SHOULD BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE SEABREEZE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WILL KEEP POPS AT 20 PCT FOR
THE COAST...10-20 PCT FOR THE CNTRL SECTIONS...20 PCT FOR FAR INLAND
WED THEN 0 THU/FRI. WILL INCREASE TO 20 PCT EVERYWHERE SAT/SUN...
THEN BACK TO NIL FOR MON/TUE.

PERSISTENCE TEMPS LOOK BEST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM (2-4F ABOVE
FWC)...THEN MEX IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE MARINE FORECAST IS
BENIGN.

.HGX...NONE.

31/47/48

PRELIMS...
CLL BB 065/084 065/085 065 22-
IAH BB 063/083 064/084 064 221
GLS BB 071/080 071/080 072 221

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.