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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 1995, 9:34 PM CDT for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 71 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1995, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chambers County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1447 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 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 310234 TORHOU TXC071-310345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 934 PM CDT SUN JUL 30 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...CHAMBERS COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 930 PM...A POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES OVER EASTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY ABOUT 7 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ANAHUAC NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 562 AND FM 1985. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. CONTINUOUS REDEVELOPMENT OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO CONVERGE OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY. DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. VEHICLES ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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 Jul 30, 9:01 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 9:01 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 900 PM CDT SUN JUL 30 1995 TROPICAL STORM DEAN CONTS TO BE WX FOCUS. CENTER (AS OF 0145Z) WAS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF SAN LUIS PASS. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM LUK LIKE THEY WILL ENTRAIN OVER CHAMBERS AND SOUTHERN LIBERTY COUNTY. 88-D ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OVER E CHAMBERS COUNTY. 2 CONFIRMED TORNADOES WITH STRONGER STORMS IN THE FIRST RAIN BAND BTWN 7 AND 9 PM. EACH STORM DEVELOPED NR THE CST AND HAD SIMILAR STRUCTURE. AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF CORE RAINS AND THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. THE AREA WILL BE MONITORED FOR FLOODING...AS THE POTENTIAL REMAINS VERY HIGH FOR FLOODING TO OCCUR. PREVIOUS FCST IS ON TRACK AND PLAN NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. 43
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ211-237-227-226-213-163-200-511-236-199-179-178-212-197-214-238- 310215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 623 PM CDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...MONTGOMERY ...HARRIS...GALVESTON...BRAZORIA...MATAGORDA...FORT BEND...WALLER... WHARTON...AUSTIN...AND WASHINGTON. THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DEAN IS MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ211-237-227-226-213-163-200-511-236-199-179-178-212-197-214-238- 310215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 623 PM CDT SUN JUL 30 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...CHAMBERS...LIBERTY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...MONTGOMERY ...HARRIS...GALVESTON...BRAZORIA...MATAGORDA...FORT BEND...WALLER... WHARTON...AUSTIN...AND WASHINGTON. THE MOIST UNSTABLE AIR ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM DEAN IS MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST...MAKING CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 12:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.