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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 17, 2024Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT for Chambers County, Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 17, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 321 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 2024-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 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 2024-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX25 min
Mar 17, 4:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX24 min
Mar 17, 4:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX37 min
Mar 17, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington37 min
Mar 17, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison26 min
Mar 17, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Galveston31 min
Mar 17, 5:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX25 min
Mar 17, 10:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston42 min
Mar 17, 11:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton38 min
Mar 17, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson31 min
Mar 17, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson30 min
Mar 17, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria37 min
Mar 17, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX42 min
Mar 17, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX42 min
Mar 17, 3:31 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX35 hr
Mar 17, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson42 min
Mar 17, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson47 min
Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWharton40 min
Mar 17, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazoria27 min
Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX85 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.