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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 28, 1992Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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
May 28, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Harris County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 7:45 PM CDTTornado F0Harris, 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1991 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 1992-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend60 min
May 28, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston56 min
May 28, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers61 min
May 28, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.