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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 19, 2011Brazos County, Grimes County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 19, 2011, 2:08 AM CDT for Brazos County, Grimes County, Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2011, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazos County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 249 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 2011-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2236 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2236 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

723 
WWUS84 KHGX 190708
SPSHGX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
208 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2011

TXZ176-195-196-198-190800-
BRAZOS-BURLESON-GRIMES-MADISON-
208 AM CDT MON SEP 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 13 MILES NORTH OF BRYAN...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF 
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...WELLBORN...ROANS
PRAIRIE...RICHARDS...PLANTERSVILLE...NORTH ZULCH...MILLICAN...
KURTEN...IOLA...CARLOS...BEDIAS...ANDERSON...WIXON VALLEY...
NORMANGEE...NAVASOTA...MADISONVILLE...COLLEGE STATION AND BRYAN.

AVOID TALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT CAN ATTRACT LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE
OUTDOORS AND HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.  SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE OR NON-CONVERTIBLE
AUTOMOBILE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3074 9661 3071 9656 3075 9647 3085 9642
      3093 9635 3099 9625 3100 9618 3108 9606
      3110 9599 3110 9595 3085 9587 3035 9581
      3025 9586 3030 9604 3072 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 308DEG 28KT 3084 9632

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHouston56 min
Sep 19, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Jackson and 6 more117 min
Sep 19, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX52 min
Sep 19, 5:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX65 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.