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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 14, 2007Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2007, 5:07 PM CDT for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 14, 2007, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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
Mar 14, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 321 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1516 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.0

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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 Mar 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 4:56 AM CDT, 12 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
456 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-151100-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
456 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER OUR REGION
TODAY. THE MOIST AIR MASS WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS THIS UPPER
LOW MOVES OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP
MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. EXPECT IMPROVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING
AS THE STORM SYSTEM START TO MOVE EAST OF OUR REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Wharton31 min
Mar 13, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend52 min
Mar 13, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris43 min
Mar 13, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery28 min
Mar 13, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX63 min
Mar 13, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX119 min
Mar 14, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX114 min
Mar 14, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX85 min
Mar 14, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX91 min
Mar 14, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson, Wharton38 min
Mar 14, 10:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria40 min
Mar 14, 10:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Wharton43 min
Mar 14, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX57 min
Mar 14, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria49 min
Mar 14, 10:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris37 min
Mar 14, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston34 min
Mar 14, 11:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX45 min
Mar 14, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWashington52 min
Mar 14, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria34 min
Mar 14, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
Mar 14, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX90 min
Mar 14, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda34 min
Mar 14, 12:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Waller, Washington56 min
Mar 14, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes31 min
Mar 14, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX117 min
Mar 14, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend37 min
Mar 14, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX55 min
Mar 14, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX93 min
Mar 14, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Harris49 min
Mar 14, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers48 min
Mar 14, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX85 min
Mar 14, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX96 min
Mar 14, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris45 min
Mar 14, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX88 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.