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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 13, 2021Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2021, 3:18 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 13, 2021, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2021-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2962 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 2021-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

020 
WUUS54 KHGX 132018
SVRHGX
TXC201-132045-
/O.NEW.KHGX.SV.W.0073.210713T2018Z-210713T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
318 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Harris County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 318 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Willowbrook,
  or near Jersey Village, moving northwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jersey Village, Spring Branch North, Spring Branch West,
  northeastern Addicks Park Ten, Fairbanks / Northwest Crossing,
  Willowbrook, Greater Inwood, Westbranch, Carverdale, Spring Branch
  Central and northwestern Acres Home.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Wind damage with this storm may occur before any rain or lightning.
Do not wait for the sound of thunder before taking cover.

&&

LAT...LON 2988 9544 2981 9554 2992 9573 3010 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 144DEG 14KT 2994 9552 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
379 
WWUS54 KHGX 132041
SVSHGX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
341 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

TXC201-132051-
/O.EXP.KHGX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210713T2045Z/
Harris TX-
341 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 2988 9544 2981 9554 2992 9573 3010 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 144DEG 14KT 3000 9557 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXMadison, Walker25 hr
Jul 13, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller42 min
Jul 13, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery34 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller63 min
Jul 13, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington57 min
Jul 13, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson64 min
Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris66 min
Jul 13, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHouston, Madison, Trinity71 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.