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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 26, 2009Grimes County, Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2009, 2:07 PM CDT for Grimes County, Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Aug 26, 2009, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2009, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Grimes County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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
Aug 26, 10:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3625 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk, Trinity50 min
Aug 25, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXPolk50 min
Aug 25, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk24 min
Aug 26, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery49 min
Aug 26, 10:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery49 min
Aug 26, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes62 min
Aug 26, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston42 min
Aug 26, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison44 min
Aug 26, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos56 min
Aug 26, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAngelina49 min
Aug 26, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado36 min
Aug 26, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson31 min
Aug 26, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson, Wharton25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.