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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 11, 1986, 1:44 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1986, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1986, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fort Bend County, TX
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAAOO KHOU 111844
TORHOU
TXC157-111945-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
144 PM CDT MON AUG 11 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
IN TEXAS
..FORT BEND
DPS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING NORTH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF INSIDE, GO TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM TO AVOID WINDOWS. ABONDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN
THE PATH OF A TORNADO, LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY, SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
IF YOU LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION
OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY WITH CUSHIONS, BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON THIS DANGEROUS STORM.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
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 10:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 1045 AM CDT MON AUG 11 1986 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED ALONG HIGHWAY 2004 SOUTH OF CHOCALATE BAYOU... AT 1030 AM CDT... A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING 10 MILES NORTH OF JASPER. MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND THE NORTHWEST GULF FROM COLLEGE STATION TO WHITE LAKE TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF EAGLE LAKE...FROM LIBERTY TO GOODRICH...NEAR SABINE...AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 76 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.