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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 28, 2021Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 5:22 PM CDT for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2021, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -386 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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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 May 28, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 5:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
522 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TXZ195-196-198-282300-
Brazos TX-Grimes TX-Burleson TX-
522 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

At 522 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles north of Wixon Valley to near
Tanglewood. Movement was southeast at 20 to 25 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
College Station, Bryan, Caldwell, Snook, Kurten, Wixon Valley, Kyle
Field, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway, Deanville, Chriesman
and Lyons.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
southeastern Texas.

LAT...LON 3073 9662 3073 9660 3071 9660 3070 9656
      3074 9646 3086 9639 3094 9631 3072 9605
      3031 9668 3032 9669 3032 9674 3039 9679
      3043 9685 3043 9687 3046 9688 3047 9691
      3049 9690 3054 9692 3056 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 323DEG 21KT 3089 9637 3054 9692

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Burleson	30 min
May 28, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Washington	60 min
May 28, 6:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Washington	115 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.