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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 16, 1993Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 1993, 9:07 AM CST for Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 68 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
Nov 16, 1993, 9:07 AM CST (15:07 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 1993, 10:15 AM CST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 9:20 AM CSTTornado F0Dayton, TXThe Liberty County Emergency Management reported a tornado crossing FM 1960 five miles west of Dayton. The tornado was spawned from the same super cell thunderstorm that spawned the tornado east of Juliff, in Brazoria County at 0710 CST. Post storm aerial su

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 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
Nov 16, 3:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris69 min
Nov 16, 6:46 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria44 min
Nov 16, 6:51 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend54 min
Nov 16, 7:19 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris56 min
Nov 16, 9:43 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris47 min
Nov 16, 10:26 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris25 min
Nov 16, 10:47 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXLiberty43 min
Nov 16, 11:25 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXLiberty, Polk50 min
Nov 16, 12:01 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris36 min
Nov 16, 12:18 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXChambers42 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.