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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

July 25, 1992Chambers County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1992, 1:14 PM CDT for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1992, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1992, 1:55 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Chambers County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1962 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLS 251818
TORGLS
TXC071-251900-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
114 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY

AT 114 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO EAST OF ANAHUAC AND
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 10 MOVING NORTH.                              

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLAFNKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.