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Special Weather Statement, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2021, 12:23 AM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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
- Oct 14, 2021, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Burleson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 316 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Oct 13, 11:45 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 11:45 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 14, 12:23 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1223 AM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021
TXZ195-197-140615-
Washington TX-Burleson TX-
1223 AM CDT Thu Oct 14 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Burleson, western
Brazos and northwestern Washington Counties through 115 AM CDT...
At 1223 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Rockdale to near Tanglewood to near Dime Box to
7 miles east of Fedor. Movement was northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Caldwell, Somerville, Snook, Lake Somerville Dam, Lake Somerville
State Park & Trailway, Lyons, Deanville and Chriesman.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3073 9662 3070 9657 3064 9660 3063 9651
3057 9643 3059 9643 3058 9642 3055 9642
3032 9649 3028 9666 3030 9664 3032 9669
3032 9674 3039 9679 3047 9691 3049 9690
3054 9692 3056 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 247DEG 24KT 3063 9701 3050 9691 3041 9689 3029
9693
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 9:37 PM CDT | Beach Hazards Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda | 21 hr |
| Oct 13, 9:38 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 12 hr | |
| Oct 14, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 5:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Washington | 3 hr |
| Oct 14, 8:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 114 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.