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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 13, 2024Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2024, 3:38 PM CDT for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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 13, 2024, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2024, 3:50 PM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chambers County, TX, Galveston County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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 13, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2954 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
5.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHouston27 min
May 12, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison32 min
May 13, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison54 min
May 13, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk57 min
May 13, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison21 days
May 13, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLavaca34 min
May 13, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Wharton35 min
May 13, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson42 min
May 13, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Colorado26 min
May 13, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Harris30 min
May 13, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty35 min
May 13, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Harris, Montgomery30 min
May 13, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty10 min
May 13, 2:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Waller3 hr
May 13, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery23 min
May 13, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty30 min
May 13, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson39 min
May 13, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty15 min
May 13, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers26 min
May 13, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes26 min
May 13, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX55 min
May 13, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty32 min
May 13, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX59 min
May 13, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson23 min
May 13, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers, Galveston30 min
May 13, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty16 min
May 13, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXJackson, Matagorda28 min
May 13, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX61 min
May 13, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Matagorda28 min
May 13, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty27 min
May 13, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Matagorda, Wharton36 min
May 13, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX60 min
May 13, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston33 min
May 13, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston30 min
May 13, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston3 hr
May 13, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX56 min
May 13, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX96 min
May 13, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGalveston33 min
May 13, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson26 min
May 13, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX67 min
May 13, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston30 min
May 13, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX61 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.