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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 27, 2021Liberty County, San Jacinto County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT for Liberty County, San Jacinto County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 27, 2021, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Liberty County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1318 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
1318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

853 
WWUS84 KHGX 280121
SPSHGX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
821 PM CDT Tue Jul 27 2021
 
TXZ178-199-200-213-300-280200-
San Jacinto TX-Northern Liberty TX-Southern Liberty TX-
Inland Harris TX-Montgomery TX-
821 PM CDT Tue Jul 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHERN SAN JACINTO...CENTRAL LIBERTY AND NORTHEASTERN HARRIS
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cleveland, moving southwest at 10 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Liberty, Cleveland, Dayton, Shepherd, Splendora, Patton Village,
Roman Forest, Woodbranch, Ames, Daisetta, Coldspring, Hardin, Plum
Grove, Kenefick, North Cleveland, Dayton Lakes, Tarkington Prairie,
Moss Hill and Evergreen.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to 
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2999 9473 3020 9530 3062 9524 3036 9468
      3011 9459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 040DEG 7KT 3034 9499 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers33 min
Jul 27, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX58 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.