Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 1995, 6:46 PM CST for Colorado County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Jan 12, 1995, 6:46 PM CST (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 1995, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Colorado County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Near Eagle Lake, TX | Trees and Power lines down reported by Eagle Lake Police. |
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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1924 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 130047 TORHOU TXC089-130145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 646 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...COLORADO COUNTY AT 646 PM...A TORNADO WAS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAGLE LAKE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM... SUCH AS A CLOSET OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS... BLANKETS... OR PILLOWS.
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.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jan 12, 6:22 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:22 PM CST, 24 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 620 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 GIVEN THE CURRENT ACTIVITY AND LOW FFG VALUES...FLASH FLOODING LOOKS REASONABLE. HAVE DECIDED (IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAT) TO ISSUE FFA FOR MOST INLAND ZNS THROUGH TONIGHT. 41
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 1:36 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-130240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 136 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS VALID TILL 8PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE AREA GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WOODVILLE TO CONROE TO COLUMBS. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA HOUSTON, TRINITY, POLK, SAN JACINTO, TRINITY, POLK, MONTGOMERY, WALKER, MADISON, BRAZOS, GRIMES BURLESON, WASHINGTON, WALLER, AUSTIN, AND COLORADO. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUHEAST TEXAS AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD TO THE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 4:05 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 405 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARRIS...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND GALVESTON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...WALLER WHARTON...JACKSON...COLORADO...AND AUSTIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCHS NOW INCLUDE SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE HIGH ISLAND LUFKIN...INCLUDING THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AREA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS FAST DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 4:09 PM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 405 PM CST THU JAN 12 1995 TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR HARRIS...BRAZORIA...CHAMBERS...FORT BEND GALVESTON...LIBERTY...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...WALLER WHARTON...JACKSON...COLORADO...AND AUSTIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCHS NOW INCLUDE SOUTHEAST TEXAS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE HIGH ISLAND LUFKIN...INCLUDING THE HOUSTON...GALVESTON AREA. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE IN THE AREA THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY FORMING OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER INFORMATION ON THIS FAST DEVELOPING WEATHER EVENT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin | 62 min |
| Jan 12, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 59 min |
| Jan 12, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 65 min |
| Jan 12, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 68 min |
| Jan 12, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 61 min |
| Jan 12, 9:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 57 min |
| Jan 12, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 68 min |
| Jan 12, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.