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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 6, 2006Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2006, 3:14 AM CDT for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 6, 2006, 3:14 AM CDT (08:14 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2006, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 1:28 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 263 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 510 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 00:00Z on 2006-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 5, 9:06 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:06 PM CDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Madison, Washington48 min
May 6, 5:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery57 min
May 6, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris38 min
May 6, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty44 min
May 6, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX63 min
May 6, 7:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston34 min
May 6, 7:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX62 min
May 6, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX62 min
May 6, 8:28 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX92 min
May 6, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX89 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.