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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2000, 10:55 PM CST for Grimes County, Montgomery County, Walker County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 9 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
- Nov 5, 2000, 10:55 PM CST (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2000, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grimes County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Walker County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 11:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery, TX | Home damaged off of FM 1097 near Watson Ranch Road with roof blown off and several large trees down. Nearly all of roof blown off brick home nearby. |
| Nov 5, 11:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TX | Trees down just east of Anderson with trees blocking CR 235 near Shiro. |
| Nov 5, 11:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide, TX | Numerous trees down at CR 166 and CR 190 5 miles northeast of Anderson and along SH 6 just north of Navasota. Numerous power lines down across county. |
| Nov 5, 11:15 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville, TX | Trees down. |
| Nov 5, 11:15 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Conroe, TX | Trees down in Carriage Hill subdivision. |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | New Waverly, TX | Large tree blown onto home. Roof blown off home and barns damaged in area. |
| Nov 5, 11:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 57 M | Huntsville, TX | Trees down. |
| Nov 5, 11:44 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Conroe, TX | Power lines down along FM 2978 and FM 1488. |
| Nov 5, 11:45 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville, TX | Numerous trees down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHGX 060456 TORHOU TXC185-339-471-060545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1055 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WALKER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CST * AT 1052 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... DACUS...ROANS PRAIRIE RICHARDS MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME FOR A STRONG SHELTER NOW! 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 3044 9612 30_31 9597 3058 9540 3090 9569
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 Nov 5, 7:18 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 7:18 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 718 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 CURRENT FCST ON TRACK AND NO UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING. SQUALL LINE WILL APPROACH NW ZONES 8:30ISH AND CONTINUE WESTWARD. 100+ KNOT JET APPROACHING LAREDO AREA ATTM & LOOKS LIKE SE TX WILL BE ON THE LFQ AS IT CONTINUES ON A NE TRACK. MAIN THREAT APPEARS THE BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS/BOW ECHOS. SHEAR ALSO BECOMES BETTER OVER OUR CWA SO ISOLATED TORNADOS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EITHER. FF THREAT CONTINUES ESPECIALLY ACROSS NRN HALF WITH ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. ANTICIPATE NEW WATCH TO BE ISSUED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR FOR OUR CWA. MAY NEED A SCA WITH INCREASING SRLY FLOW BUT WILL MAKE THAT CALL AT PRESS TIME. .KHGX...FFA TONIGHT NORTH OF LINE FROM WHARTON TO LIBERTY. 47/36 PRELIMS... CLL BB 064/076 056/072 059 +30 IAH WB 066/078 057/077 063 +40 GLS WB 070/077 068/078 069 +50
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 7:21 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227- 235>238-060800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 721 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS VALID FROM 8 PM SUNDAY UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY. COUNTIES THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE: AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...COLORADO...FORT BEND....GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY... MADISON...MATAGORDA...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY... WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...WHARTON...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. LEON...MILAM AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIO NS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Washington, Wharton | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 64 min |
| Nov 5, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Madison | 64 min |
| Nov 5, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 11:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Walker | 3 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 53 min |
| Nov 5, 11:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 53 min |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Walker | 45 min |
| Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris | 65 min |
| Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 65 min |
| Nov 5, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 65 min |
| Nov 6, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 51 min |
| Nov 6, 12:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 102 min |
| Nov 6, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 45 min |
| Nov 6, 12:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Burleson, Colorado, Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 6, 1:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Madison, San Jacinto, Walker | 2 hr |
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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.