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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2005, 7:01 PM CST for Harris County, Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 19, 2005, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2005, 7:35 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 856 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -3.3
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 Mar 19, 6:03 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 6:03 PM CST, 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 3:40 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 340 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-201300- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER- WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 340 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE TO PRODUCE CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. BECAUSE OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND DRY AIR AT THE MID-LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...A FEW OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WIND GUSTS. THE MAIN TIME FRAME FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM 5 PM TO MIDNIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST ON THE WEATHER SITUATION. SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...POSSIBLY BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT.... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 5:05 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 505 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-200600- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON- GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER- WASHINGTON- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 505 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT COVERS THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE AUSTIN... BRAZORIA... BRAZOS... BURLESON... CHAMBERS... COLORADO... FORT BEND... GALVESTON... GRIMES... HARRIS... HOUSTON... JACKSON... LIBERTY...MADISON... MATAGORDA... MONTGOMERY... POLK... SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...WALKER... WALLER... WASHINGTON... AND WHARTON. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES MATAGORDA...GALVESTON BAYS AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL AND OUT 60 NAUTICAL MILES. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE REGION THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Waller | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto, Walker | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 9:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado, Jackson, Wharton | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 10:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 117 min | |
| Mar 19, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 11:22 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 113 min | |
| Mar 19, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend | 270 days |
| Mar 19, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 65 min |
| Mar 20, 12:51 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 84 min | |
| Mar 20, 1:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 54 min |
| Mar 20, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 57 min |
| Mar 20, 4:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 91 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.