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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

October 19, 200222 counties in Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 19, 2002, 10:40 PM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 72 days. 60 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: Oct 19, 2002, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired: Dec 30, 2002, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 72 days
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

All 22 counties

Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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
Oct 19, 10:43 PM CDT	Hail 1.75 M	Eagle Lake, TX	1.00 to 1.75 inch hail in Eagle Lake.
Oct 19, 10:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Eagle Lake, TX	Numerous power lines and telephone lines downed. Roofs also blown off several businesses.
Oct 19, 11:06 PM CDT	Hail 0.75 M	Sealy, TX	Dime size hail in Sealy (I-10 and Hwy 36).
Oct 28, 11:45 AM CST	Hail 1.75	Stafford, TX	Golf ball size hail on West Airport Road.
Oct 28, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado F1	Dayton, TX	Four mobile homes sustained damage with one receiving major damage.
Oct 28, 9:50 PM CST	Tornado F0	Crosby, TX	Trees blown down and one billboard sign damaged.
Dec 12, 7:00 AM CST	Hail 1.75	Lolita, TX	1.75 inch hail in Lolita.
Dec 12, 7:00 AM CST	Hail 1.75	La Ward, TX	1.75 inch hail in La Ward.
Dec 12, 7:15 AM CST	Hail 2.75	Ganado, TX	2.75 inch hail in Ganado.
Dec 12, 7:20 AM CST	Hail 0.75	El Campo, TX	0.75 inch hail in El Campo.
Dec 12, 11:00 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Cat Spg, TX	Tree downed by wind near FM 949 about 2 miles south of FM 1094.
Dec 12, 12:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Hempstead, TX	Wind damage to a home in Hempstead.
Dec 23, 9:10 AM CST	Tornado F0	Burton, TX	Tornado near Ledbetter.
Dec 23, 9:43 AM CST	Hail 1	Lyons, TX	1.00 inch hail in Lyons.
Dec 23, 9:51 AM CST	Tornado F0	Weimar, TX	Tornado damaged part of a Catholic cemetary.
Dec 23, 11:20 AM CST	Tornado F0	Allenfarm, TX	Tornado near Allenfarm at FM 159 and Highway 105.
Dec 23, 12:15 PM CST	Tornado F0	Bedias, TX	Tornado 2 miles east of Bedias.
Dec 23, 12:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Bedias, TX	Wind damage in Bedias.
Dec 23, 12:45 PM CST	Tornado F1	Midway, TX	Tornado touched down near the Trinity River in eastern Madison County and overturned a mobile home. Two injuries were reported. Nearby buildings were also damaged by the tornado.
Dec 23, 1:20 PM CST	Tornado F0	Conroe, TX	Tornado spotted near FM 1488 and Highway 242.
Dec 23, 1:55 PM CST	Tornado F0	Evergreen, TX	Tornado damaged some trees near Evergreen.
Dec 23, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado F0	Coldspring, TX	Tornado damaged a boat in Cape Royale.
Dec 23, 4:55 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Kurten, TX	0.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 5:05 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Madisonville, TX	1.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 7:01 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Chreisman, TX	Roof of porch blown off by wind.
Dec 23, 7:05 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Caldwell, TX	1.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 7:35 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Bryan, TX	1.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 8:10 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Madisonville, TX	1.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 8:10 PM CST	Tornado F0	Burton, TX	Tornado in Burton.
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Madisonville, TX	1.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Columbus, TX	Wind damage on FM 806.
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Columbus, TX	0.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 8:55 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Wallis, TX	Trees downed, barns and buildings damaged along Highway 36 between Wallis and Orchard.
Dec 23, 8:55 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Wharton, TX	Roof blown off a business.
Dec 23, 9:00 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Livingston, TX	0.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 9:01 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Wharton, TX	Roof damage, trees down and light poles down in and around Wharton.
Dec 23, 9:12 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Fulshear, TX	60 mph wind gust.
Dec 23, 9:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Houston, TX	Power lines down from estimated 70 mph winds at Westheimer and FM 1093.
Dec 23, 9:17 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Kennard, TX	0.75 inch hail.
Dec 23, 9:17 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Sugarland, TX	60 mph wind gust.
Dec 23, 9:20 PM CST	Hail 1	Houston, TX	1.00 inch hail.
Dec 23, 9:21 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Houston, TX	60 mph wind gust.
Dec 23, 9:25 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Beasley, TX	Wind damage to home just south of Beasley on FM 316.
Dec 23, 9:30 PM CST	Hail 1	Houston, TX	1.00 inch hail Kirby and Westheimer
Dec 23, 9:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Houston, TX	60 mph wind gust Kirby and Westheimer.
Dec 23, 9:44 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG	Bellaire, TX	Power lines down near Highway 6 and Bellaire.
Dec 23, 9:45 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Aldine, TX	Billboard signs down.
Dec 23, 10:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Palacios, TX	TV tower fell on trailor.
Dec 23, 10:06 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 EG	Angleton, TX	Trees and power lines down.
Dec 23, 10:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 55 EG	Liberty, TX	Damage to homes, carports and patio covers, high school press box and dugouts; trees and power lines down.
Dec 23, 10:18 PM CST	Tornado F0	Liberty, TX	Building damaged.
Dec 23, 10:32 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 EG	Mont Belvieu, TX	Wind damage.
Dec 30, 7:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG	El Campo, TX	Wind damage to the roof of a home in the New Taiton area.
Dec 30, 7:15 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG	Wharton, TX	Some power lines down and a roof blown off a barn on Chudalla Road.
Dec 30, 7:35 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG	Magnolia, TX	Roof damage, power lines down and more than fifty trees down in and around Indigo Lake Estates.
Dec 30, 8:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 60 EG	Cut And Shoot, TX	Trees down in and around Cut and Shoot, including one that fell through the middle of an evacuated mobile home.
Dec 30, 8:45 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Iowa Colony, TX	3/4 inch hail.
Dec 30, 8:45 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 65 EG	Lake Jackson, TX	Truck blown off road.
Dec 30, 9:10 PM CST	Tornado F0	Seabrook, TX	Tornado near the intersection of FM 2094 and Clear Lake Road.
Dec 30, 9:20 PM CST	Tornado F1	Texas City, TX	Tornado touched down near the intersection of SH 348 and Loop 197 in Texas City. Several businesses were damaged at the initial touchdown. The tornado moved east northeast and eventually crossed the Texas City dike where numerous power poles were knocked 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 nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 244 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 19, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Wharton	3 hr
Oct 19, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		93 min
Oct 19, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin	9 days
Oct 20, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		86 min
Oct 20, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		39 min
Oct 20, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		45 min
Oct 20, 5:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Galveston	38 min
Oct 20, 7:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		88 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.