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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2000, 1:44 PM CDT for Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2000, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2000, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Liberty County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1094 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857 WFUS54 KHGX 041843 TORHOU TXC291-041930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 144 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 142 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF PLUM GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... NORTH CLEVELAND CLEVELAND TARKINGTON PRAIRIE ROMAYOR 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. LAT...LON 3035 9514 3018 9509 3035 9470 3048 9483
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 42 min |
| May 4, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 37 min |
| May 4, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 65 min |
| May 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 5 hr |
| May 4, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 45 min |
| May 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 60 min |
| May 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 53 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Washington | 62 min |
| May 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller | 60 min |
| May 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 48 min |
| May 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 63 min |
| May 4, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 43 min |
| May 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 42 min |
| May 4, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 24 min |
| May 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 50 min |
| May 4, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 45 min |
| May 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.