Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1987, 9:53 AM CDT for Matagorda County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1987, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1987, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Matagorda County, TX, 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2910 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHOU 291453
TORHOU
TXC321-481-291600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
953 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
...MATAGORDA
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...WHARTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR WARTON TEXAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR BAY CITY AND EL CAMPO THESE
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST.
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, May 29, 5:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 550 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 THIS MORNING FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND INCLUDES COLORADO COUNTY. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING COLORADO COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF SHINER AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN COLORADO COUNTY BETWEEN 600 AND 615 THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERdSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 655 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL NOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INCLUDES WASHINGTON...AUSTIN... WALLER...COLORADO...WHARTON...FORT BEND...MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF BRENHAM TO SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS... HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM THE WEST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS FROM CROCKETT TO MONTGOMERY TON VICTORIA. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE HOUSTON AREA BETWEEN 800 AND 900 AM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 755 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INCLUDES WASHINGTON...AUSTIN... WALLER...COLORADO...WHARTON...FORT BEND...MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NAVASOTA TO EAGLE LAKE. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON TO MONTGOMERY TO PALACIOS. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF PRESENT MOVEMENT CONTIUES THE RAIN WILL BE IN THE HOUSTON AREA BETWEEN 830 AND 930 AM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS NEEDED.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 840 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 1987 AT 830 AM CDT...A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR COLLEGE STATION TO VICTORIA... AND EXTENDED INTO MATAGORDA BAY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WERE LOCATED NEAR PALACIOS. MOVEMEMT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND PATCHES OF RAIN COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHCENTRAL TEXAS AND THE LOWER COASTAL PLAINS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 8:55 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 855 AM CDT FRI MAY 29 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND INCLUDES WASHINGTON...AUSTIN... WALLER...COLORADO...WHARTON...FORT BEND...MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF COLLEGE STATION TO SEALY AND EL CAMPO. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE EAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS FROM LAKE LIVINGSTON TO SUGAR LAND AND MATAGORDA. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF PRESENT MOVEMENT CONTIUES THE RAIN WILL BE IN THE HOUSTON AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 AM. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 10:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 43 min |
| May 29, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.