A B-737 flight attendant-in-charge reported severe turbulence en route from iah to mia.

Attributes
ACN	585782
Time
Date	200304
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz.artcc
State Reference	US
Environment
Weather Elements	Thunderstorm Turbulence
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc tower : fcm.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 5 flight attendant time total : 5 flight attendant time type : 50
ASRS Report	585782
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

We were at cruise altitude. Meal service was started when captain called to say he had reports of unstable air. He said he would update as soon as possible. Called back and advised crew to pick up as much as possible and stow and lock metal carts, luggage, etc. After that, we made appropriate PA's, safety checks and took our jumpseats. We hit some pretty severe air. Kept making safety PA's to remain seated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B-737 FLT ATTENDANT-IN-CHARGE RPTED SEVERE TURB ENRTE FROM IAH TO MIA.

Narrative: WE WERE AT CRUISE ALT. MEAL SVC WAS STARTED WHEN CAPT CALLED TO SAY HE HAD RPTS OF UNSTABLE AIR. HE SAID HE WOULD UPDATE ASAP. CALLED BACK AND ADVISED CREW TO PICK UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND STOW AND LOCK METAL CARTS, LUGGAGE, ETC. AFTER THAT, WE MADE APPROPRIATE PA'S, SAFETY CHKS AND TOOK OUR JUMPSEATS. WE HIT SOME PRETTY SEVERE AIR. KEPT MAKING SAFETY PA'S TO REMAIN SEATED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.