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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 25, 20228 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2022, 12:43 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2022, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2022, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Austin County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Madison County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 24, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 305 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1232 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson, Madison50 min
May 25, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington25 min
May 25, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatHGXBurleson15 min
May 25, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Harris and 7 more46 min
May 25, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton28 min
May 25, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX25 min
May 25, 2:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton37 min
May 25, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris, Houston, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker46 min
May 25, 2:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton39 min
May 25, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX34 min
May 25, 2:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend26 min
May 25, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris, Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto31 min
May 25, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX43 min
May 25, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston51 min
May 25, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty49 min
May 25, 3:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX37 min
May 25, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX62 min
May 25, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX24 min
May 25, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers, Galveston28 min
May 25, 4:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX31 min
May 25, 9:42 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX3 hr

Nearby

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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.