Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 1993, 11:25 AM CST for Liberty County, Polk County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 1993, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Liberty County, TX, Polk County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Ssw Romayer, TX | The Liberty County Emergency Management reported numerous tornado sightings from east of Cleveland to Rye. Aerial survey by National Weather Services Meteorologist revealed trees down five miles SSW of Romayor. |
| Nov 16, 11:47 AM CST | Tornado F0 | Polk, TX | The Polk County Sheriff Department reported a tornado with debris two miles north of Holly Grove. The tornado was spawned from the same super cell thunderstorm that went through downtown Houston and across Lake Houston. |
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, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 47 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, 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.