Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1993, 2:55 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 7, 1993, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1993, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Houston, TX | A HAMS spotter network reports tornado on Highway 288 2 miles south of Interstate 610 loop. Five or six telephone poles were knocked over. |
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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 072001 RRA TORHOU TXC157-201-072030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 255 PM CDT WED APR 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...FORT BEND COUNTY...HARRIS COUNTY AT 300 PM THERE WAS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN THE GLEN LAKES ROAD AREA SOUTH OF MISSOURRI CITY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY BY 315 PM. PERSONS IN THIS AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIEChE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Apr 7, 11:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
TXZ032-045>049-071715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1120 AM CDT WED APR 7 1993 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1115 AM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF CROCKETTE TO JUST WEST OF COLLEGE STATION AND 20 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERTSTORMS WERE NEAR MADISONVILLE AND SHELBY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF HOUSTON... WALKER... GRIMES... WASHINGTON... AUSTIN... COLORADON COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE THUNDESTORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ048-TXC511-TXC513-071925- SPECIAL AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 1225 PM CDT WED APR 7 1993 ...FOG DEVELOPING ALONG COASTAL GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES... DEVELOPING FOG ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS HAD REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN 1 AND 2 MILES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...USING LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS TO BE SEEN AND INCREASING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES. MARINERS AND SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS WITHOUT NAVIGATIONAL AIDS SHOULD REMAIN NEAR OR RETURN TO PORT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 12:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
TXZ032-045>047-049-071935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1235 PM CDT WED APR 7 1993 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 1230 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF OF CROCKETT THROUGH COLUMBUS TO JUST WEST OF VICTORIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERTSTORMS WERE NEAR LOVELADY AND ANDERSON. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE THUNDESTORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES.
Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX
1255 PM CDT WED APR 7 1993
ATTN: SELS A GLS
LATE REPORT FOR THE APRIL 3RD STORM DATA
TIME COUNTY EVENT
730 x PM CST GALVESTON 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
EMPLOYEE OF US MARSHAL'S OFFICE. IT FELL
IN BAYCLIFF AND SAN LEONE FROM 730 PM CST
TIL APPROX 8 PM CST.Special weather statement, Apr 7, 2:20 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
TXZ032-045>047-049-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 220 PM CDT WED APR 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM... THE NATIOANL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA...TRINITY...WHARTON...BRAZORIA...LIBERTY... WALLER...HARRIS...MATAGORDA...POLK...FORT BEND...MONTGOMERY AND SAN JACINTO. AT 210 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM LUFKIN TO VICTORIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST BERNARD. THE ENTIRE LINE WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 2:23 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
TXZ032-045>047-049-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 220 PM CDT WED APR 7 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM... THE NATIOANL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 8 PM. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA...TRINITY...WHARTON...BRAZORIA...LIBERTY... WALLER...HARRIS...MATAGORDA...POLK...FORT BEND...MONTGOMERY AND SAN JACINTO. AT 210 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM LUFKIN TO VICTORIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST BERNARD. THE ENTIRE LINE WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A COMBINATION OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS... HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Wharton | 20 min |
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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.