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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

February 14, 2017Liberty County, Polk County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2017, 9:43 AM CST for Liberty County, Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
Feb 14, 2017, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 14, 2017, 10:30 AM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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
Jan 2, 1:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC59 days
Feb 14, 5:09 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-294 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

479 
WUUS54 KHGX 141543
SVRHGX
TXC291-373-141630-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0021.170214T1543Z-170214T1630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
943 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2017

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Liberty County in southeastern Texas...
  Eastern Polk County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 1030 AM CST.

* At 943 AM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Corrigan to near Alabama-Coushatta Reservation
  to near Shepherd, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Cleveland, Corrigan, Seven Oaks, Alabama-Coushatta Reservation,
  Rye, Moscow, Romayor and Segno.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 PM CST for southeastern
Texas.

LAT...LON 3049 9454 3049 9473 3042 9470 3040 9470
      3033 9504 3042 9499 3049 9485 3051 9487
      3053 9483 3056 9492 3067 9486 3103 9486
      3111 9472 3107 9459 3107 9460 3101 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 238DEG 38KT 3104 9484 3068 9479 3043 9494 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:35 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryHGX6 hr
Feb 14, 3:47 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX12 hr
Feb 14, 5:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Colorado50 min
Feb 14, 6:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton62 min
Feb 14, 6:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Waller and 1 more48 min
Feb 14, 6:45 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton45 min
Feb 14, 6:56 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton3 hr
Feb 14, 7:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda and 1 more65 min
Feb 14, 7:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Waller62 min
Feb 14, 7:29 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton31 min
Feb 14, 7:31 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton3 hr
Feb 14, 7:39 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Wharton36 min
Feb 14, 7:55 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton50 min
Feb 14, 7:59 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Feb 14, 8:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Walker44 min
Feb 14, 8:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Houston, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk and 3 more54 min
Feb 14, 8:30 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris and 3 more2 hr
Feb 14, 8:35 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX115 min
Feb 14, 8:37 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris38 min
Feb 14, 8:42 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda33 min
Feb 14, 8:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda30 min
Feb 14, 8:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and 1 more64 min
Feb 14, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity47 min
Feb 14, 9:09 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty30 min
Feb 14, 9:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris32 min
Feb 14, 9:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda39 min
Feb 14, 9:24 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria36 min
Feb 14, 9:35 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris, Liberty115 min
Feb 14, 9:56 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston34 min
Feb 14, 9:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Polk63 min
Feb 14, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston53 min
Feb 14, 10:28 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Feb 14, 3:51 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX20 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.