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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 6, 2014Fort Bend County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2014, 12:21 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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: Oct 6, 2014, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

County Fort Bend County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 260 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2350 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.2
Supercell composite: -1.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 6, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 4:58 AM CDT, 7 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
458 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-071000-
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-
458 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

IT IS POSSIBLE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH
TEXAS COULD PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASE OVER THE AREA. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE NORTH OF HOUSTON FROM COLLEGE STATION TO HUNTSVILLE IN THE
MORNING BUT COULD AFFECT THE METRO AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN
COOLED OUTFLOW FROM THE LINE OF STORMS COULD INITIATE ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE
THE MAIN THREATS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS WEEK. SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG BUT SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-071000-
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-
458 AM CDT MON OCT 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 6, 11:21 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 11:25 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 12:03 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 12:10 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 12:19 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 12:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston, Polk, Trinity	56 min
Oct 6, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Houston	57 min
Oct 6, 10:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	83 min
Oct 6, 11:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Galveston, Harris	119 min
Oct 6, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		53 min
Oct 6, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	37 min
Oct 6, 11:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	64 min
Oct 6, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		90 min
Oct 6, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	26 min
Oct 6, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	21 min
Oct 6, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	65 min
Oct 6, 12:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Waller	56 min
Oct 6, 12:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty	2 hr
Oct 6, 12:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris	2 hr
Oct 6, 12:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria	117 min
Oct 6, 12:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	2 hr
Oct 6, 12:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston	64 min
Oct 6, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		119 min
Oct 6, 1:38 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		22 min
Oct 6, 1:39 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		81 min
Oct 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		49 min
Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		112 min
Oct 6, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		112 min
Oct 6, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Matagorda	52 min
Oct 6, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Matagorda	29 min
Oct 6, 3:52 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		3 hr

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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.