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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

June 2, 20266 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2026, 5:41 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 2, 2026, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grimes County, TX, Houston County, TX, Madison County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 2026-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1395 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 2026-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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
Jun 1, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery23 min
Jun 2, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris, Montgomery, Waller36 min
Jun 2, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris14 min
Jun 2, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller31 min
Jun 2, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Harris, Waller, Washington26 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison, Polk, Trinity, Walker60 min
Jun 2, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend31 min
Jun 2, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin28 min
Jun 2, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton44 min
Jun 2, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller36 min
Jun 2, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXAustin46 min
Jun 2, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton33 min
Jun 2, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, Walker32 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson35 min

Nearby

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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.