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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 2, 2024Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT for Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 2, 2024, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2024, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.5

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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 May 2, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 9:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 10:02 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 10:25 AM CDT, 35 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
May 1, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	65 min
May 1, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker	20 min
May 1, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston	29 min
May 1, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Trinity, Walker	51 min
May 1, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Houston, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	45 min
May 1, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Madison	35 min
May 1, 10:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Houston, Trinity, Walker	3 hr
May 1, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Burleson	32 min
May 1, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Walker	25 min
May 1, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery, Trinity, Walker	39 min
May 1, 11:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	13 hr
May 2, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Grimes, Walker	20 min
May 2, 12:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	HGX	Grimes, Walker	3 hr
May 2, 12:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Robertson	33 min
May 2, 1:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	42 min
May 2, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	51 min
May 2, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	50 min
May 2, 3:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	10 hr
May 2, 4:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Madison, Walker	5 days
May 2, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	50 min
May 2, 4:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker	8 hr
May 2, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty	50 min
May 2, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	San Jacinto	32 min
May 2, 5:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker	34 min
May 2, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery, Walker	27 min
May 2, 6:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Grimes	6 hr
May 2, 6:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	25 min
May 2, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Montgomery	33 min
May 2, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	33 min
May 2, 6:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller	3 hr
May 2, 6:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	29 hr
May 2, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty	15 min
May 2, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto	37 min
May 2, 7:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto	20 min
May 2, 7:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	6 hr
May 2, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	33 min
May 2, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	33 min
May 2, 8:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Hardin, Liberty, Polk	6 days
May 2, 8:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	6 hr
May 2, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	6 days
May 2, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	4 days
May 2, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	4 days
May 2, 9:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller	4 hr
May 2, 9:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	4 days
May 2, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	33 min
May 2, 9:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	68 hr
May 2, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	27 min
May 2, 9:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	6 days
May 2, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	72 hr
May 2, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	71 hr
May 2, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	35 min
May 2, 10:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
May 2, 10:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Harris	15 min
May 2, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days
May 2, 11:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	11 hr
May 2, 12:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker	4 hr
May 2, 12:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	4 hr
May 2, 1:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	4 hr
May 2, 1:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller	4 hr
May 2, 1:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	4 hr
May 2, 2:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty	7 hr
May 2, 2:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	2 hr
May 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	25 hr
May 2, 5:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Houston, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk and 3 more	25 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.