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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 9, 2014Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2014, 8:40 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 9, 2014, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jun 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
349 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-102100-
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-
349 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A
WEAK COOL FRONT APPROACHES. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED BUT ISOLATED STRONGER CELLS COULD PRODUCE 20 TO 40 MPH
WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE REGION.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT ISOLATED STRONGER
CELLS COULD PRODUCE 20 TO 40 MPH WIND GUSTS AND BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-102100-
GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-
349 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
815 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

TXZ195-100200-
BURLESON TX-
815 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BURLESON COUNTY UNTIL
900 PM CDT...

AT 814 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROCKDALE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALDWELL...DEANVILLE AND CHRIESMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING COULD OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3073 9662 3070 9657 3064 9660 3063 9651
      3058 9644 3059 9642 3057 9643 3035 9675
      3039 9679 3046 9690 3052 9690 3054 9692
      3055 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 288DEG 23KT 3059 9704

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson45 min
Jun 9, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWalker41 min
Jun 9, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin39 min
Jun 10, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado41 min
Jun 10, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin46 min
Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHouston, Trinity, Walker2 hr
Jun 10, 12:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXColorado119 min
Jun 10, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado43 min
Jun 10, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXColorado23 min
Jun 10, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin39 min
Jun 10, 1:46 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXColorado, Wharton29 min
Jun 10, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton49 min
Jun 10, 2:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXColorado116 min
Jun 10, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson, Wharton32 min
Jun 10, 3:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXJackson, Wharton2 hr
Jun 10, 4:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXJackson, Wharton3 hr
Jun 10, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX38 min
Jun 10, 6:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX40 min
Jun 10, 10:21 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.