Tornado Warning 55, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Oct 18, 1998, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)

Expired

Oct 18, 1998, 1:40 AM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Harris County, TX, Waller County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
TTAA00 KHOU 180549 RRA
TORHOU
TXC201-473-180640-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1249 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS
  SOUTHERN WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 140 AM CDT

* AT 1250 AM CDT... WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM
  4 MILES SOUTH OF BROOKSHIRE NEAR INTERSTATE 10...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR KATY BY 100 AM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


&

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 17, 8:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
810 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 1998

THIS DISCUSSION IS SHORT DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. THE UPSTREAM 00Z CRP
SOUNDING IS VERY MOIST...DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES NEAR AUSTIN-SAN
ANTONIO...AND 3-5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM MADISONVILLE TO
COLLEGE STATION TO BRENHAM TO SOUTHERN COLORADO COUNTY. THE 12Z ETA
CONTINUES TO INDICATE CONVECTIVELY-GENERATED OMEGA FROM NORTHEAST
TEXAS THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY OVERNIGHT. THUS THE SHORT ANSWER HERE
IS TO GO ON THE SAFE SIDE AND EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR THE ENTIRE CWA AND INCREASE POPS TO 100 PERCENT
FOR ALL ZONES TONIGHT.

31/ZEITLER

C`LL  C/C C/C  070/078 064/076 +766
IAH  C/C C/C  074/083 065/078 +876 ADD FFA
SW   E/C C/C  075/083 073/079 +776 ADD FFA
GLS  E/C C/C  077/084 074/080 +676 ADD FFA

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.