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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 13, 1995Fort Bend County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1995, 5:55 AM CST for Fort Bend County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 1995, 5:55 AM CST (11:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 1995, 6:45 AM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Fort Bend County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 331 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHOU 131158
TORHOU
TXC157-131245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX
555 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
 
   ...FORT BEND COUNTY
 
AT 555 AM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO BETWEEN WALLIS AND FULSHEAR. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT GET INTO
A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 4:04 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXAustin, Colorado56 min
Mar 13, 4:08 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXWashington67 min
Mar 13, 5:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXWaller44 min
Mar 13, 5:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Walker50 min
Mar 13, 6:05 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXLiberty40 min
Mar 13, 6:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris67 min
Mar 13, 6:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend64 min
Mar 13, 8:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty48 min
Mar 13, 8:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGalveston62 min
Mar 13, 9:14 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXGalveston61 min
Mar 13, 9:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers55 min
Mar 13, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHouston, Madison59 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.