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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 6, 2021Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 2021, 1:23 PM CST for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 6, 2021, 1:23 PM CST (19:23 UTC)
Expired
Jan 6, 2021, 2:00 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Burleson County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 6, 12:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-01-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-01-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 314 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

044 
WUUS54 KHGX 061923
SVRHGX
TXC051-062000-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0003.210106T1923Z-210106T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
123 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Burleson County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 200 PM CST.

* At 123 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dime Box, or
  10 miles east of Lexington, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Caldwell, Somerville, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway, Lyons
  and Deanville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3063 9659 3038 9643 3032 9669 3032 9674
      3033 9675 3034 9675 3036 9677 3039 9679
      3039 9680 3043 9685 3043 9687 3044 9687
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 246DEG 31KT 3037 9684 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
Cady

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 6, 10:46 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX28 hr
Jan 6, 12:22 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos38 min
Jan 6, 12:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Madison42 min
Jan 6, 1:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison46 min
Jan 6, 1:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison24 min
Jan 6, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson33 min
Jan 6, 2:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison31 min
Jan 6, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes37 min
Jan 6, 2:35 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado40 min
Jan 6, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity30 min
Jan 6, 2:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Walker35 min
Jan 6, 2:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington49 min
Jan 6, 3:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity36 min
Jan 6, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and 3 more42 min
Jan 6, 3:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity16 min
Jan 6, 3:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton52 min
Jan 6, 3:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker47 min
Jan 6, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Wharton40 min
Jan 6, 4:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Harris, Liberty64 min
Jan 6, 4:41 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk49 min
Jan 6, 4:54 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris51 min
Jan 6, 4:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend34 min
Jan 6, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris22 min
Jan 6, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris37 min
Jan 6, 5:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Jan 6, 5:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston47 min

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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.