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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 27, 1994Brazoria County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 27, 1994, 11:35 AM CST for Brazoria County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 1994, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 1994, 12:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Harris County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 11:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.