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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 5, 2023Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2023, 10:56 PM CDT for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 5, 2023, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2023, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3335 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
3335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
8.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson45 min
May 5, 11:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Madison, Washington32 min
May 6, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Walker26 min
May 6, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson, Washington56 min
May 6, 12:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker56 min
May 6, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Washington57 min
May 6, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty26 min
May 6, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty42 min

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.