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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

April 26, 2015Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2015, 6:49 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 26, 2015, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 930 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
930 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-334 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 Apr 26, 6:36 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 6:36 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 3:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
346 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-272100-
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-
346 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF LIGHT FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS
TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES OF 2 TO 5 MILES.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY ALONG AND
WEST OF AN EDNA TO HUNTSVILLE LINE. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THERE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
BRINGING A WIDESPREAD THREAT OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE
WEATHER. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. MOISTURE LEVELS ARE ALSO VERY HIGH SO FLOODING
ISSUES FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. A LARGE
SWATH OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD
WEST TO EAST OF ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES.

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE
FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. WINDS WILL BECOME
STRONG BEHIND THE FRONT AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED ALONG
THE COAST EARLY TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION LATE TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON MONDAY.

GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-272100-
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-
346 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON MONDAY.
A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
423 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

TXZ210-226-235-262215-
JACKSON TX-COLORADO TX-WHARTON TX-
423 PM CDT SUN APR 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN WHARTON AND NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM
CDT...

AT 423 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SPEAKS...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF EDNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGYPT...SHERIDAN...ALTAIR...ROCK ISLAND...GARWOOD...CORDELE AND NADA.

LAT...LON 2933 9656 2948 9670 2968 9661 2941 9620
      2908 9662 2921 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 222DEG 22KT 2927 9665
Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:00 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado52 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Wharton32 min
Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXWharton22 min
Apr 26, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXWharton46 min
Apr 26, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton51 min
Apr 26, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton39 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.