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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2001, 2:28 PM CST for Harris County, Waller County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 14, 2001, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2001, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Harris County, TX, Waller County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:40 PM CST | Hail 1 | Cypress, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHGX 142028 TORHOU TXC201-473-142115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 228 PM CST WED MAR 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WALLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 315 PM CST * AT 224 PM CST...WALLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES NORTH PATTISON. MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... PATTISON...WALLER...WADSWORTH KATY TOMBALL MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON YOUR CAR OR MOBILE HOME FOR A STRONG SHELTER NOW! PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEAATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3007 9601 2979 9606 2980 9570 3012 9559
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 2:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton | 64 min |
| Mar 14, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 61 min |
| Mar 14, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 57 min |
| Mar 14, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 38 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.