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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 1996, 5:57 AM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Sep 1, 1996, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 1996, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Galveston County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Galveston, TX |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 011059 TORHOU TXC167-011200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 557 AM CDT SUN SEP 1 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...GALVESTON COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AT 555 AM...TEXAS CITY POLICE REPORTED A WATERSPOUT NEAR THE TEXAS CITY DIKE. RADAR INDICATED MOVEMENT TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. IF THIS FEATURE REMAINS INTACT EXTREME SOUTHERN BOLIVAR PENINSULA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS WATERSPOUT. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER TAKING PLACE... CALL YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
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 Sep 1, 2:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 234 AM CDT SUN SEP 1 1996 WATER VAPOR SATELLITE PICTURES SHOW OKLAHOMA UPPER LOW DRIFTING TO THE SSE. AHEAD OF THE LOW...IMPULSE CONTINUES MOVING TO THE S ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. AT THE SURFACE...LATEST ANALYSIS PLACES A WEAK TROF ALONG A LINE FROM JUST S OF LFT TO JUST S OF IAH TO NEAR SKF (BOUNDARY IS IDENTIFIED BY SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND WEAK NE WINDS TO THE N...MOIST AIR AND WEAK SW WINDS TO THE S). MODELS IDENTIFY ANOTHER IMPULSE MOVING AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER LOW TOWARD SE TX DURING THE DAY...THEN KEEP DISTURBANCE NEARLY STATIONARY. 850 MB TROF AXIS REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. WEAK IMPULSES RIDING THE NW FLOW ALOFT AND AROUND THE UPPER LOW WILL COMBINE WITH STILL MOIST ATMOSPHERE (PW VALUES AROUND 1.7 INCHES) AND DAYTIME HEATING TO KEEP POPS IN THE FORECAST. HOWEVER...GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY WILL BE IN LA WHERE DEEPEST GULF INFLOW WILL PREVAIL. PRELIMS ARE NEXT. CLL 89/72/92..3/2/2 IAH 89/70/91..3/2/3 GLS 88/76/88..3/2/3 42
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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.