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Research Projects
Research Projects
Meteorologists in the NWS sometimes get time to write about the stuff
we see and do. Below is a list of some of the papers written about weather
events around Southeast Texas and/or some of the operational aspects of weather
forecasting. Also included are papers from neighboring offices that may be of
some interest. To find a more complete list of papers written across the
Southern Region of the National Weather Service, please check out the
Technical Attachments on the Southern Region's homepage.
Case Studies
 The Great Christmas Eve Snow Storm (2004)
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A powerful winter storm brings an historic white Christmas to parts of southeast Texas.
SE TX Tornado Outbreak on November 17, 2003
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A summary of the event and products issued by the WFO Houston/Galveston Office.
Pasadena Tornado on October 11, 2001
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A summary of the event and products issued by the WFO Houston/Galveston Office.
Hockley Downburst on April 2, 2000
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A summary of the event and products issued by the WFO Houston/Galveston Office.
Burleson County Tornado on March 10, 2000
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A summary of the event and products issued by the WFO Houston/Galveston Office.
South Texas Floods of October 17-22, 1998
by the National Weather Service
A summary of the Fall 1998 record breaking South Texas Floods.
SE TX Tornado Outbreak on October 23, 1997
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A summary of the event and products issued by the WFO Houston/Galveston Office
during the Tornado Outbreak.
Effects of Storm Motion on a High CAPE -Low Shear Environment During the Central Texas Tornado Outbreak of May 27, 1997
by Carl R. Morgan, NWSFO Austin/San Antonio, Texas
This was a Tech Attachment. This paper was about the deadly F5 tornado that struck
Jarrell,TX, in 1997.
November 21, 1992 Cluster Tornado Outbreak in Houston, TX
by Tim Marshall (via StormTrack)
© Copyright 1993 Tim Marshall
This is a re-cap of the November 21, 1992, tornado event. On that day, a
concentrated and very unique series of tornadoes struck the Houston, Texas metropolitan
area. Six tornadoes occurred within Harris County from four tornadic storms. At one time,
there were three tornadoes on the ground simulatenously in the same county!
 Drought Analysis of Southeast Texas: Past and Present
by James Maxwell and Greg Waller
This paper was written this summer in response to the dry spell across most of Texas during the first half of 1996.
Tropical Cyclone Related Papers
Hurricane Humberto
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
Summary of the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma struck South Florida in October 2005 and the first hurricane to make landfall
along the Texas coast since Rita struck the Texas-Louisiana area in September 2005.
Hurricane Rita
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
Summary of the products and events surrounding what was at the time the 3rd strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Basin (as of the end of the
2005 Hurricane Season, Rita stands as the 4th strongest hurricane - surpassed by the now strongest hurricane on record, Wilma).
Hurricane Katrina
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
Summary of the events surrounding this deadly and destructive storm.
Hurricane Claudette
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
Summary of the products and events surrounding the first hurricane to strike Matagorda Bay since 1971.
Tropical Storm Allison Floods
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
An extensive summary of Tropical Storm Allison, the first tropical storm of the 2001 Hurricane Season
and the costliest tropical storm in United States history.
The Streak Is Over - Hurricane Bret Strikes Texas!
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
Brief summary of the first major hurricane to make landfall on the Texas coast in the 1990's.
Tropical Storm Frances: It Was "Just" A Tropical Storm
by WFO Houston/Galveston Staff
A summary of the event including products and images from 1998's destructive storm.
Upper Texas Coast Tropical Cyclone Climatology (1886-2005)
by Josh Lichter
Comprehensive study done to document all the tropical cylones that have affected
Southeast Texas and the Upper Texas Coast for the last 119.
The 1943 "Surprise" Hurricane
by Lew Fincher, Dupont, and Bill Read, WFO HGX
In the midst of WWII, Mother Nature makes a surprise visit to the Houston-Galveston
area on July 27, 1943. A powerful hurricane that caused a lot of devastation came with
little or no warning.
Operations Related Papers
VIL Density and Associated Hail Size Along the NW Gulf
by Charles Roeseler and Lance Wood
A technical study of hail events from the northwestern gulf coast to determine if
established radar parameters from other parts of the country were effective in a warm
marine environment such as the TX/LA gulf coast.
Limitations of Radar #1: Can You Tell Which Storm Produced a Tornado??
by Steve Allen
While the NEXRAD doppler radar has improved warning times dramatically since its
inception in the early 1990s...there are still a few kinks that need to be hammered
out. NOTE: This document was made primarily for viewing on NWS
"Science Applications Computers", which have 20" monitors. This document also contains
a lot of large gifs, gif loops.
Impacts of Slant Range on VWP
by Steve Allen
This paper is related to local NEXRAD operations. NOTE: This document contains a lot of large gifs!
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