Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2002, 9:03 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 44 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2002, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2002, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Burleson County, TX
Did it verify
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
470 WUUS54 KHGX 090203 SVRHOU TXC051-090230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 902 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2002 THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 856 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF SNOOK...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... SNOOK 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 3049 9668 3037 9670 3040 9634 3052 9639
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 Jul 8, 8:35 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 8:35 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 835 PM CDT MON JUL 8 2002 SCT TSRA ORIENTED NE-SW FROM LUFKIN TO COLUMBUS. THIS LINE IS SLOWLY SHIFTING WEST WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST. KHGX-88D REFLECTIVITY PRODUCT SHOWS A DECENT OUTFLOW PUSHING NORTHWEST AND THIS FEATURE WILL PROBABLY STABILIZE THINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT (ONCE THE ONGOING CONVECTION WANES). THINK SCT SHRAS WILL DEVELOP TOWARD MORNING ALONG THE COAST AS DEEPER TROPICAL MSTR SURGES WESTWARD. WILL MAKE A FEW MINOR CHANGES IN WORDING OTHERWISE THE FORECAST PACKAGE IS IN GREAT SHAPE. 43/35 .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL TB 075/094 075/094 075 353 IAH TB 077/094 077/094 075 353 GLS TB 080/089 080/089 088 252
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 117 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.