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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 1987, 6:21 AM CST for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 1987, 6:21 AM CST (12:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 1987, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wharton 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 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 251221
TORHOU
TXC481-251315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
621 AM CST WED NOV 25 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...WHARTON
REPORTS OF THREE TORNADOS HAVE BEEN RECEVED FROM THE EL CAMPO AREA OF
WARTON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA
MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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, Nov 25, 2:38 AM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 835 AM CDT MON APR 13 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MONTGOMERY ACROSS THE HUNTSVILLE AREA TO LAKE LIVINGSTON. THESE WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRECHED FROM THE COAST WEST OF FREEPORT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO THE TOLEDO BEND LAKE AND INTO CENTERAL TEXAS. THESE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN ON RAIN SLICK STREETS AND BE ALERT FOR MINOR FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 5:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| Nov 25, 6:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 117 min |
| Nov 25, 6:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Walker | 2 hr |
| Nov 25, 8:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 40 min |
| Nov 25, 8:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 2 hr |
| Nov 25, 8:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 63 min |
| Nov 25, 8:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 68 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.