Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 1993, 9:43 AM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 16, 1993, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1993, 10:30 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 9:49 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Houston, TX | The Lake Houston dam operator reported a tornado moving northeast across Lake Houston. The tornado lifted back into the parent thunderstorm before reaching the eastern shore of Lake Houston. |
| Nov 16, 10:35 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Harris, 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 69 min |
| Nov 16, 6:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 6:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 54 min |
| Nov 16, 7:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 9:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 68 min |
| Nov 16, 10:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 10:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 43 min |
| Nov 16, 11:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk | 50 min |
| Nov 16, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers | 42 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.