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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Jan 8, 2016, 7:01 PM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- Jan 8, 2016, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2016, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
County Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jan 8, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 5:15 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 323 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-092130- 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- 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-WHARTON- 323 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOULD ENOUGH INSTABILITY DEVELOP...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME PERIOD WOULD BE THIS EVENING UP UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...THOUGH STRONG WINDS AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. CLOSER TO THE COAST...PATCHY DENSE SEA FOG IS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WIND SHIFT AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS LIKELY ON SATURDAY AS WINDS INCREASE AND SEAS BUILD. LOW TEMPERATURES MONDAY MORNING COULD BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO CLEVELAND LINE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 8, 6:22 PM CST, 39 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jan 8, 6:54 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
654 PM CST FRI JAN 08 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0627 PM HAIL POINT BLANK 30.75N 95.22W
01/08/2016 E1.75 INCH SAN JACINTO TX PUBLIC
GAS STATION REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT HIGHWAY 190
AND COUNTS ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER HGX1600003
MHLocal storm report, Jan 8, 6:59 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
659 PM CST FRI JAN 08 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0632 PM HAIL 7 S LIBERTY 29.94N 94.80W
01/08/2016 E1.00 INCH LIBERTY TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
QUARTER SIZE HAIL BETWEEN LIBERTY AND MONT BELVIEU
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EVENT NUMBER HGX1600004
47Special weather statement, Jan 8, 7:01 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 701 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 TXZ213-227-237-090145- HARRIS TX-BRAZORIA TX-FORT BEND TX- 701 PM CST FRI JAN 8 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BRAZORIA...NORTHEASTERN FORT BEND AND SOUTH CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CST... AT 700 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF SUGARLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN PASADENA...NORTHWESTERN PEARLAND...SUGAR LAND...MISSOURI CITY...EASTERN ROSENBERG...STAFFORD...SOUTH HOUSTON...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...GALENA PARK...JACINTO CITY...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...ASTRODOME AREA...SPRING VALLEY...GREATER FIFTH WARD...FIRST COLONY...NEARTOWN / MONTROSE AND SECOND WARD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 2943 9569 2963 9573 2994 9541 2968 9516 TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 228DEG 30KT 2961 9560
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 38 min |
| Jan 8, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 50 min |
| Jan 8, 6:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 94 min | |
| Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 46 min | |
| Jan 8, 6:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 46 min |
| Jan 8, 7:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 42 min |
| Jan 8, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 35 min |
| Jan 8, 7:37 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 53 min | |
| Jan 8, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 8:10 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 65 min | |
| Jan 8, 8:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Jan 8, 8:23 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 37 min |
| Jan 8, 9:01 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 22 min | |
| Jan 8, 9:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Jan 8, 9:35 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 25 min | |
| Jan 8, 10:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 97 min | |
| Jan 8, 11:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 min | |
| Jan 8, 11:57 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 63 min | |
| Jan 9, 12:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Burleson | 41 min |
| Jan 9, 12:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Washington | 35 min |
| Jan 9, 5:59 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 24 hr | |
| Jan 9, 10:11 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 5 days |
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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.