Tornado Warning 15, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Aug 30, 2001, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)

Expired

Aug 30, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS54 KHGX 310049
TORHOU
TXC039-167-310130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
749 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVERPOOL...MOVING NORTH
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  CHOCOLATE BAYOU...LIVERPOOL
  HILLCREST
  ALVIN
  FRIENDSWOOD...PEARLAND

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - TAKE COVER 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 2929 9543 2924 9524 2947 9512 2957 9530

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 30, 2:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
230 PM CDT THU AUG 29 2001

HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING WAS OVER CHAMBERS COUNTY INCLUDING
MUCH OF BOLIVAR PENINSULA. ACTIVE AREA OF CONVECTION EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON JUST WEST OF CWFA (OR JUST E OF I-35). EXPECT PWATS TO
REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY. UPPER TROUGH TO PERSIST
OVER TX NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DEEP GULF MOISTURE TO REMAIN IN PLACE
AIDED BY LOW LEVEL JET. UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE GETTING WEAKER AND
SHIFTING SOUTHWARD BY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...DO NOT SEE ANY BREAK AND
EXPECT HIGH POPS W/HEAVY RAIN (ON AND OFF) TO CONTINUE. GROUND
OBVIOUSLY ALREADY SATURATED LAST FEW DAYS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
WILL EASILY RUNOFF. SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWS CONVECTION FIRING UP JUST
S OF RIO GRANDE AND ALSO BETWEEN CRP AND COT. WILL EXTEND FFA INTO
TONIGHT. WILL BE COMING OUT W/FFAHGX SHORTLY. AVN CONTINUE TO SHOW
UPPER TROUGHING THROUGH TUESDAY AND MRF INDICATE TROUGH BEING KICKED
OFF TO THE NE WED/THU AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACH THE WEST
COAST. IF SO...BREAK MAY BE COMING THEN. WE SHALL SEE. CANADIAN HIGH
MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND W/TAIL END OF ASSSOCIATED
FRONT POSSIBLY MOVING TO NE TX SATURDAY AND MAYBE SAGGING TO OUR N
ZONES SUNDAY (?). CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ON THIS. WIND/SEAS PICKED
UP SOMEWHAT TO NEAR SCEC CRITERIA TODAY AND EXPECT THIS TREND TO
CONTINUE TONIGHT.

THANKS TO KLCH FOR THE COORDINATION.

37/46/48

.HGX...FFA ALL CWA TONIGHT.

CLL TT 073/084 073/088 073 886
IAH TT 073/083 074/086 074 886
GLS TT 077/083 078/085 078 +97

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