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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 11, 20265 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2026, 12:09 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2026, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2026, 12:42 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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
Mar 11, 11:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 2026-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-407 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 4:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto30 min
Mar 11, 5:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, San Jacinto29 min
Mar 11, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk23 min
Mar 11, 6:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos34 min
Mar 11, 7:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMadison34 min
Mar 11, 7:14 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX33 hr
Mar 11, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXTrinity44 min
Mar 11, 8:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Trinity, Walker23 min
Mar 11, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson29 min
Mar 11, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson35 min
Mar 11, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Madison41 min
Mar 11, 10:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWashington23 min
Mar 11, 10:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin36 min
Mar 11, 11:27 AM CDTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda8 hr
Mar 11, 11:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller40 min
Mar 11, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller56 min
Mar 11, 12:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin30 min
Mar 11, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto, Walker40 min
Mar 11, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto35 min
Mar 11, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, San Jacinto, Trinity63 min
Mar 11, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend, Harris, Liberty60 min
Mar 11, 1:22 PM CDTGale WarningHGX21 hr
Mar 11, 1:22 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryHGX27 hr
Mar 11, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty30 min
Mar 11, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin, Colorado56 min
Mar 11, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend39 min
Mar 11, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado, Wharton46 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.