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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 10, 1992Chambers County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 1992, 1:41 PM CDT for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 1992, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
34 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, 6.7 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 1992-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1018 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 1992-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1018 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLS 101841
TORGLS
TXC071-101915-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
141 PM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY
 
...INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY...
...AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SAN LUIS PASS TO HIGH ISLAND...
 
AT 1;34 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN CHAMBERS COUNTY
BETWEEN SMITH POINT AND CANADA RANCH NEAR HIGHWAY 562 MOVING EAST.
 
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 BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
NNNN

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, Oct 10, 10:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
TXZ032-037-045>47-049-101715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1009 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 1992

...PATCHY FOG CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

AT 1000 AM CDT...PATCHY FOG CONTINUED TO AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS.  VISIBILITIES RANGED FROM 1/4 OF A MILE AT INTERCONTINENTAL
AIRPORT TO 1/2 OF A MILE AT VICTORIA TO 7/8 OF A MILE AT COLLEGE
STATION.  VISIBILITIES AT OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 MILES.  THE FOG WAS BEING PRODUCED BY
MOISTURE MOVING NORTHWARD AT LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WITH
COOLER AIR ALOFT.

THE PATCHY FOG SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT TOWARD THE NOON HOUR AS WINDS
INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY
WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE FOG.  BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN AND REMEMBER
TO ONLY USE YOUR LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS.

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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.