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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2000, 2:03 AM CDT for Harris County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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
- May 2, 2000, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2000, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harris County, TX, Waller County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Houston, TX | Numerous trees and power lines down across the northern half of Harris County. Roof damage to hotel on US 290 in northwest Houston. |
| May 2, 2:55 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 E | Spring, TX | Wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph at Beltway 8 and Louetta with trees down. |
| May 2, 2:55 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Spring, TX | Quarter sized hail at Beltway 8 and Louetta. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHGX 020704 TORHOU TXC201-473-020745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 203 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 245 AM CDT * AT 201 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF MONAVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... PINE ISLAND PRAIRIE VIEW WALLER THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! QUICK ACTION MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME NOW FOR A STRONG SHELTER. IF SHELTER IS NOT AVAILABLE... MOVE TO A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 65 min |
| May 1, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 46 min |
| May 1, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 24 min |
| May 1, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Walker | 60 min |
| May 2, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery, Waller | 68 min |
| May 2, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 66 min |
| May 2, 1:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 2, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Waller | 33 min |
| May 2, 2:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 39 min |
| May 2, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, San Jacinto | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 54 min |
| May 2, 3:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 46 min |
| May 2, 3:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 65 min |
| May 2, 3:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 52 min |
| May 2, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.