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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 6, 2025Brazos County, Madison County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2025, 1:13 PM CDT for Brazos County, Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 6, 2025, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2025, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brazos County, TX, Madison County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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 6, 8:13 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 12:00Z on 2025-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2025-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 464 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

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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 6, 6:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:59 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 12:51 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1251 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

TXZ195-061815-
Burleson TX-
1251 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BURLESON COUNTY
THROUGH 115 PM CDT...

At 1249 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over
Tanglewood, or 7 miles northeast of Lexington, moving northeast at
40 mph. If these storms move into Burleson County, damaging wind
gusts and hail would be possible. These cells are being monitored
closely in case they strengthen further.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Caldwell and Chriesman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for southeastern
Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3071 9667 3056 9656 3043 9686 3044 9687
      3046 9688 3046 9690 3047 9691 3049 9690
      3050 9691 3051 9690 3054 9692 3054 9694
      3056 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 240DEG 49KT 3052 9695

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Self

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison29 min
May 6, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson24 min
May 6, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson25 min
May 6, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXHouston36 min
May 6, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Houston, Madison, Walker46 min
May 6, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson27 min
May 6, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson, Madison25 min
May 6, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity, Walker24 min
May 6, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBurleson32 min
May 6, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson19 min
May 6, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison, Trinity34 min
May 6, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity30 min
May 6, 2:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison3 hr
May 6, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison38 min
May 6, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington28 min
May 6, 3:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson59 min
May 6, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity31 min
May 6, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington38 min
May 6, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes, Walker, Washington31 min
May 6, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Washington2 hr
May 6, 4:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker3 hr
May 6, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Washington47 min
May 6, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado44 min
May 6, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty37 min
May 6, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXLiberty26 min
May 6, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatHGXAustin, Colorado34 min
May 6, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty11 min
May 6, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXGrimes37 min
May 6, 5:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Washington3 hr
May 6, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado32 min
May 6, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Washington32 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.