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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 4, 1992Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 1992, 12:10 PM CST for Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 1992, 12:10 PM CST (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Mar 4, 1992, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Liberty County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHOU 041810
TORHOU
TXC291-041830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1210 PM CST WED MAR 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING

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, Mar 4, 11:39 AM CST, 31 minutes before

TXZ049-047-046-042300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
1140 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
                     THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR MUCH SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MATAGORDA...
WHARTON... FORT BEND... BRAZORIA... HARRIS... LIBERTY AND POLK.
THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS OF MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA
COUNTIES.

AT 1140 AM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH OF
LUFKIN TO SOUTH OF VICTORIA. STRONG SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS AHEAD OF
THIS LINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER WEST TEXAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION
SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

Special weather statement, Mar 4, 11:52 AM CST, 18 minutes before

TXZ048-042300-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
1148 AM CST WED MAR 4 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH
FOR MUCH SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING GALVESTON BAY.

AT 1140 AM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NORTH
OF LUFKIN TO SOUTH OF VICTORIA. STRONG SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS AHEAD
OF THIS LINE ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER WEST TEXAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THIS
AFTERNOON.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER INFORMATION
SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 3, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	48 min
Mar 3, 10:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Washington	48 min
Mar 4, 1:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	56 min
Mar 4, 1:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	65 min
Mar 4, 1:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Harris	63 min
Mar 4, 7:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado	61 min
Mar 4, 11:00 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris	2 hr
Mar 4, 11:55 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty	2 hr
Mar 4, 1:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty	5 hr
Mar 4, 1:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Fort Bend	5 hr

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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.