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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 19, 1992Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 19, 1992, 3:04 PM CST for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports 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
Nov 19, 1992, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 1992, 3:45 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 19, 3:15 PM CSTTornado F1Wharton, TX
Nov 19, 3:25 PM CSTTornado F1Wharton, 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-11-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1185 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
1185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.