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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT for San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- May 14, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
County San Jacinto County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 1121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 May 14, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-214-235-238-151000- BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-GRIMES-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WASHINGTON- 447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR OR BELOW A 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. THE FOG IS SHALLOW AND WILL BEGIN TO BURN OFF WITHIN AN HOUR OR SO OF SUNRISE. LATER TODAY, A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES SOUTH. A WEAK SEA BREEZE WILL BE MOVING NORTH AND THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOTH THE FRONTAL STORMS AND THE SEA BREEZE STORMS. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN THAT THESE TWO FEATURES WILL COLLIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. IF THIS OCCURS, STORMS WILL MERGE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS ON TAP FOR THE REGION. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE REGION. PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION LATER TODAY. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-151000- COASTAL WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. ELEVATED TIDES AND AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY ALSO OCCUR DURING THIS TIME ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... TXZ210>213-226-227-236-237-151000- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-COLORADO-FORT BEND-HARRIS-MATAGORDA-WALLER- WHARTON- 447 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY MAY BRIEFLY FALL TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL GENERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES SOUTH. A WEAK SEA BREEZE WILL BE MOVING NORTH AND THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH BOTH THE FRONTAL STORMS AND THE SEA BREEZE STORMS. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN THAT THESE TWO FEATURES WILL COLLIDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. IF THIS OCCURS, STORMS WILL MERGE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS ON TAP FOR THE REGION. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME, IT LOOKS LIKE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BUT HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS FEATURE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE REGION. PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 14, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 41 min |
| May 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 52 min |
| May 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 48 min |
| May 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 114 min |
| May 14, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 50 min |
| May 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 2 hr |
| May 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 44 min |
| May 14, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 35 min |
| May 14, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 29 min |
| May 14, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Fort Bend | 33 min |
| May 14, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 114 min |
| May 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 59 min |
| May 14, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 3 hr |
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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.