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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2013, 6:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 33 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 6, 2013, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chambers County, TX, Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
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 6, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 348 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 .DISCUSSION... QUITE A LOT OF BOUNDARIES TO CONTEND WITH THE AFTN/EVENING AS THE FRONT SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE REGION AND OUTFLOWS/SEABREEZE INTERACT IN THIS MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALREADY OVER SE TX. NOT A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WITH HOW FAR SOUTH THIS ACTIVITY WILL EXTEND AS WE MOVE INTO THE PEAK HEATING HOURS BUT HARD TO ARGUE AGAINST THE CURRENT WATCH CONFIG BASED ON ONGOING TRENDS. MAIN CHANGE WITH THIS FCST PACKAGE WILL BE WITH THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN THE WAKE OF THIS ACTIVITY. WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE N/NWLY WINDS SETTING UP BEHIND THIS FRONT...SLIGHTLY DRIER (BUT NOT MUCH COOL- ER) AIR SET TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TOMORROW. THIS SHOULD PUT A KI- BOSH ON POPS ON FRI. THE RETURN OF ONSHORE WINDS COULD HERALD THE POSSIBILITY OF A SLIGHTLY MORE ACTIVE SEABREEZE DURING THE AFTER- NOON/EVENING HOURS OVER THE WEEKEND. EXTENDED FCSTS INDICATES THE INCREASINGLY PROMINENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE NEXT WEEK. 41 && .MARINE... ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. THE MODELS ARE PUSHING A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OFF THE COAST FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF VARIABLE TO WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW...DO EXPECT SLIGHTLY STRONGER ONSHORE WINDS TO SET UP OVER THE WEEKEND. 40 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 69 89 67 91 71 / 40 10 10 10 10 HOUSTON (IAH) 71 91 71 91 72 / 50 20 10 20 10 GALVESTON (GLS) 76 88 76 87 77 / 30 20 10 10 10 && .HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:36 AM CDT, 14 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 336 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238- 070845- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 336 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE DOWN INTO THE REGION TODAY BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS NORTH OF A BRENHAM TO COLDSPRING LINE. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH AND BECOME A FOCUS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS SOME WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. IN ADDITION THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP FROM AROUND COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO LIBERTY. THE SEABREEZE SHOULD MOVE INLAND FROM THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COLLIDING WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND COULD FOCUS RAINS ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIKELY BE HAIL THOUGH GUSTY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS HEAVY RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AREA MENTIONED ABOVE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 8 PM.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 6, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 12:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk | 113 min |
| Jun 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 22 min |
| Jun 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 46 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.