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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 24, 2022Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2022, 5:50 PM CST for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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: Nov 24, 2022, 5:50 PM CST (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Nov 24, 2022, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 24, 3:36 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 3:36 PM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 2:06 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
206 PM CST Thu Nov 24 2022

TXZ213-227-237-242030-
Inland Brazoria TX-Inland Harris TX-Fort Bend TX-
206 PM CST Thu Nov 24 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Fort
Bend, northern Brazoria and south central Harris Counties through 230
PM CST...

At 205 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Brazos Bend State Park, or 14 miles south of First Colony, moving
northeast at 40 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...
Western Pearland, southeastern Sugar Land, Missouri City, Alvin,
Stafford, Manvel, Fresno, Arcola, Iowa Colony, Fairchilds, Thompsons,
Westbury, Fifth Street, Sienna Plantation, Riverstone, Fort Bend
Houston, Fondren Gardens, Brazos Bend State Park, Meyerland Area and
southwestern Central Southwest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2925 9566 2941 9578 2968 9548 2941 9524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 234DEG 33KT 2937 9565

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 3:18 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 24, 3:23 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:15 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 24, 5:39 PM CST, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 23, 10:33 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		12 hr
Nov 23, 11:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 7 more	12 hr
Nov 24, 7:24 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		36 min
Nov 24, 11:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Galveston, Harris	3 hr
Nov 24, 1:20 PM CST	Flood Watch	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 7 more	44 hr
Nov 24, 1:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Matagorda, Waller and 1 more	119 min
Nov 24, 2:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Fort Bend	24 min
Nov 24, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris	21 min
Nov 24, 3:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	3 hr
Nov 24, 3:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers	42 min
Nov 24, 3:43 PM CST	Rip Current Statement	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston, Matagorda	5 hr
Nov 24, 3:44 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	HGX		4 hr
Nov 24, 5:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	30 min
Nov 24, 5:16 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		29 min
Nov 24, 5:38 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		52 min
Nov 24, 5:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Galveston	66 min
Nov 24, 5:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Harris	2 hr

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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.