Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

May 17, 2002, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS54 KHGX 172144
SVRHOU
TXC239-172215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
443 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4
  MILES NORTHEAST OF VANDERBILT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  VANDERBILT
  LA WARD

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 2886 9666 2863 9661 2868 9637 2888 9647

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
335 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

WIND SHIFT LINE CONTINUING TO PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON BUT THE BRUNT OF THE COOL AIR IS REMAINING OVER NORTH
TEXAS ATTM. THE LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER THE CWA
STARTING TO CONTRACT AS LAST NIGHTS SHORTWAVE MOVES FURTHER TO
THE EAST AND THE PCPN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT HITS THE WORKED
OVER AIRMASS OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE CWA. ALL OF THIS PRECIPI-
TATION IS EXPECTED TO END BY MIDNITE...BUT CLOUDS SHOULD LINGER
ACROSS MOST THE AREA OVERNITE. PATCHY -RA MAY ALSO PERSIST OVER
THE COASTAL ZONES VERY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...BUT THE MAIN WX
STORY TOMORROW WILL BE THE CLEARING SKIES AND MUCH COOLER TEMPS.
DRY CANADIAN RIDGE TO SETTLE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THE NEXT 2
DAYS BEFORE EDGING OFF TO THE EAST AS THE NEXT UPPER LOW BEGINS
TO DEEPEN OVER THE WEST COAST. THIS TROUGH NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE
MUCH OF AN IMPACT FOR SOUTH TX AS ITS PROGGED TRACK TAKES IT A-
CROSS THE NRN TIER STATES. THE UPPER FLOW OVER THE REGION TAKES
ON A DECIDELY FLATTER LOOK NEXT WEEK. THUS A SLOW WARM UP IS ON
TAP BEGINNING MONDAY WITH THE RE-OPENING OF THE GULF NOT IN THE
CARDS UNTIL LATE TUESDAY OR SO. 41/45

.HGX...SCA BAYS AND 0-60 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
       CHANNEL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

PRELIMS...
CLL UU 059/076 051/079 054 200
IAH UU 061/076 052/079 055 700
GLS UU 067/076 061/077 067 710

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.