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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 1:24 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2000, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2000, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Matagorda County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 1:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Clute, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 2917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHGX 021824 TORHOU TXC039-321-021900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 124 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS MATAGORDA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 119 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF SARGENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... SARGENT JONES CREEK 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 2880 9580 2867 9565 2898 9525 2915 9545
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 12:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 1:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 49 min |
| Apr 2, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 115 min |
| Apr 2, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 71 min |
| Apr 2, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 67 min |
| Apr 2, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 60 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.