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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2013, 5:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 2, 2013, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2013, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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 nearest sounding before it
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 3595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
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 Jun 2, 4:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 4:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 5:22 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 522 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235-236-031030- AUSTIN-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GRIMES-HARRIS- HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-POLK- SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 522 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS RATHER SLOWLY. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS. THE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN URBAN AREAS. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS THROUGH THE MORNING AS THE LINE PUSHES SOUTH. THE LINE OF STORMS MAY WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE LEVELS DECREASE AND BOTH LOW LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL LIFT DECREASE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. TXZ237-238-031030- BRAZORIA-GALVESTON- 522 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS RATHER SLOWLY. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 5 INCH AMOUNTS. THE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN URBAN AREAS. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS THROUGH THE MORNING AS THE LINE PUSHES SOUTH. THE LINE OF STORMS MAY WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST LATER THIS MORNING. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON AS MOISTURE LEVELS DECREASE AND BOTH LOW LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL LIFT DECREASE. THERE WILL AGAIN BE A RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY WITH PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY WINDS AND SURF. THE RISK SHOULD DECREASE AS WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:51 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
451 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013
TXZ163-176>178-195>199-211>213-021045-
BURLESON TX-BRAZOS TX-WALKER TX-AUSTIN TX-HARRIS TX-WALLER TX-
MADISON TX-WASHINGTON TX-SAN JACINTO TX-MONTGOMERY TX-GRIMES TX-
HOUSTON TX-
451 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLESON...
SOUTHEASTERN BRAZOS...WALKER...NORTHERN AUSTIN...NORTHWESTERN
HARRIS...CENTRAL WALLER...EASTERN MADISON...WASHINGTON...WESTERN SAN
JACINTO...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...GRIMES AND SOUTHERN HOUSTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 AM CDT...
AT 447 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST
OF MADISONVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAVASOTA TO 7 MILES WEST OF
SOMERVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...HEMPSTEAD...PRAIRIE VIEW...
BELLVILLE...PINEHURST...WILLIS...PANORAMA VILLAGE...SOMERVILLE...
WALLER...MAGNOLIA...NEW WAVERLY...PINE ISLAND...MONTGOMERY...
STAGECOACH...BURTON...MIDWAY AND TODD MISSION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3053 9624 3105 9578 3063 9526 3006 9577
2984 9638 3025 9670 3029 9664 3032 9669
3032 9674 3034 9676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 319DEG 25KT 3095 9580 3049 9620 3033 9666The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Grimes, Walker, Waller, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 5:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 6:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 35 min | |
| Jun 2, 8:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 50 min | |
| Jun 2, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 50 min |
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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.