Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1995, 3:55 PM CDT for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1995, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wharton County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 052057 TORHOU TXC481-052130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 355 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WHARTON COUNTY AT 353 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WHARTON. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED SIGHTING OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THIS STORM AT 350 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 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 XAND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
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 Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 230 PM CST WED APR 5 1995 MODELS CONTINUE TO MOVE UPPER LOW THROUGH AREA BY 24 HOURS. STILL SUFFICIANT MOSITURE AND INSTABILITY TO WARRANT THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR HAIL REMAINS SO WILL MENTION SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT. WITH LOW MOVING POUT OF REGION THURSDAY SHOULD SEE RETURN TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TEMPS LOOK GOOD SO WILL NOT STRAY FAR. PREMILIARIES IAH BB 057/076 058/079 060 365200
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-052100- SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1030 AM CDT WED APR 5 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH... WITH ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING TWO INCHES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD POTENTIAL HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-052100- SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAINFALL OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 1030 AM CDT WED APR 5 1995 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH... WITH ISOLATED TOTALS APPROACHING TWO INCHES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD POTENTIAL HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 3:35 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 335 PM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...GRIMES...HARRIS...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY... WALKER AND WALLER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND BRAZOS BURLESON...COLORADO... JACKSON...WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER. WWCN11CWXE /
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-511-513-060000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 335 AM CDT WED APR 5 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BRAZORIA...FORT BEND...GRIMES...HARRIS...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY... WALKER AND WALLER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND BRAZOS BURLESON...COLORADO... JACKSON...WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOP6ING WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 59 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.