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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 14, 1991, 7:57 PM CST for Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 14, 1991, 7:57 PM CST (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 14, 1991, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Matagorda County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 150156 TORHOU TXC321-150300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 757 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...MATAGORDA COUNTY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS ADJACENT TO MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES AT 755 PM CST STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT A TORNADO STRUCK A WAL MART STORE IN BAY CITY. 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, Jan 14, 5:55 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEASTHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
445 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991
.....TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES...INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.....
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THEY WERE EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM PORT ARANSAS TO AUSTIN TO 30 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS OVER AN AREA FROM HALLETSVILLE TO LAGRANGE TO WEST OF
COLLEGE STATION. SHOWERS WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF HOUSTON
...FREEPORT AND GALVESTON...OTHERS WERE OVER THE` COASTAL WATERS SOUTH
OF MATAGORDA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 6:24 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
TXZ048-150100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
535 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991
.....TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES...INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.....
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THEY WERE EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM PORT ARANSAS TO AUSTIN TO 45 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS OVER AN AREA FROM HALLETSVILLE TO COLUMBUS TO BELLVILLE.
SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS FROM PALACIOS TO HOUSTON...
OTHERS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT O'CONNOR TO PORT
ARANSAS AND OUT TO 125 !MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 6:49 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TXZ048-150200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
635 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991
.....TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES...INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.....
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...
CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THEY WERE EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM PORT ARANSAS TO AUSTIN TO 45 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS OVER AN AREA FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF PALACIOS TO COLUMBUS
TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONROE. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE GULF EXTENDING TO 75 MILES OFFSHORE
FROM PORT O'CONNOR3 TO PORT ARANSAS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:00 PM CST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEASTHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
535 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991
.....TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES...INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.....
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THEY WERE EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM PORT ARANSAS TO AUSTIN TO 45 MILES NORTH OF LUFKIN. HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WAS OVER AN AREA FROM HALLETSVILLE TO COLUMBUS TO BELLVILLE.
COLLEGE STATION. SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS FROM PALACIOS
TO HOUSTON...OTHERS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT O'CONNOR
TO PORT ARANSAS AND OUT TO 125 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:26 PM CST, 31 minutes before
TXZ047-049-037-032-046-045-150230- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 725 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST... ...A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS. METROPOLITAN HOUSTON AND SUROUNDING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD/FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM HAS DEVELOPED OVER WEST TEXAS. THE STORM WILL RACE RAPIDLY EAST ACROS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL TRIGGER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE ONE OR TWO TORNADOES. RADAR SHOWS THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NEAR FREEPORT NORTH THROUGH MATAGORDA...FORTH BEND ...AND WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE AUSTIN...SAN ANTONIO AREA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS LATER THIS EVENING. MANY STREAMS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE NEAR CAPACITY FROM LAST WEEKS HEAVY RAIN. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TRIGGERED BY THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF OVERTAXED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 7:40 PM CST, 17 minutes before
TXZ048-150300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
735 PM CST MON JAN 14 1991
.....TORNADO WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR GALVESTON AND
CHAMBERS COUNTIES...INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.....
AT 725 PM CST... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW WITH LOCALLY VERY
HEAVY RAIN... INCREASED AND CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THEY WERE
EAST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PORT ARANSAS TO VICTORIA TO LUFKIN.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER AN AREA FROM 5 MILES EAST OF PALACIOS TO
25 MILES SOUTH OF COLLEGE STATION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE GULF EXTENDING TO BEYOND 125
MILES OFFSHORE FROM PORT O'CONNOR TO GALVESTON.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 6:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado, Wharton | 58 min |
| Jan 14, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller | 62 min |
| Jan 14, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 69 min |
| Jan 14, 8:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 67 min |
| Jan 14, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 67 min |
| Jan 14, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 65 min |
| Jan 14, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto | 68 min |
| Jan 14, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 68 min |
| Jan 14, 10:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 118 min |
| Jan 14, 10:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 69 min |
| Jan 15, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 56 min |
| Jan 15, 3:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jan 15, 7:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 117 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.