Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 1986, 4:34 PM CST for Montgomery County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 1986, 4:34 PM CST (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 1986, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 5:00 PM CST | Hail 1 | Montgomery, TX | |
| Feb 5, 5:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 052234 TORHOU TXC339-052330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 434 PM CST WED FEB 5 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF TEXAS...MONTGOMERY AT 430PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE GROUND NEAR SPRING MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SEEK SAFETY IMMEDIATELY...AND IF INDOORS...IN SMALL ROOMS AWAY FROM WINDOWS...AND PREFERABLY UNDER HEAVY FURNITURE. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR REPORTED IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR WARNINGS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:54 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
ATTN SELS A HOU
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
255 PM CST WED FEB 5 1986
245 PM 2/5/86 WHARTON AND COLORADO COUNTIES ONE INCH HAIL
REPORTED ALONG
WHARTON AND
COLORADO COUNTY
LINE..JUST SOUTH
OF THE TOWN OF
GARWOOD..TEXAS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado, Wharton | 64 min |
| Feb 5, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 69 min |
| Feb 5, 5:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, San Jacinto | 66 min |
| Feb 5, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 65 min |
| Feb 5, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.