Tornado Warning 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Issued

Aug 15, 2002, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 15, 2002, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Galveston County, TX

The Houston radar (KHGX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WFUS54 KHGX 151637
TORHOU
TXC167-151700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1137 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1131 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON STATE PARK...
  MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  GALVESTON STATE PARK...JAMAICA BEACH...GALVESTON
  TIKI ISLAND

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 2916 9501 2920 9485 2933 9490 2929 9509

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 15, 9:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
955 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

STARTING TO SEE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SW OF AREA THAT GOT HAMMERED
LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. HVY RAIN AREAS AS FAR N AS
CLL ATTM. HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH FFA FOR ALL BUT SW CORNER OF CWA
THIS AFTN. WONT TAKE MUCH TO CAUSE MORE FLD PROBLEMS GIVEN
SATURATED GROUND.

SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS MESO BOUNDARY JUST W OF A BRENHAM TO ANGLETON
LN. AREA ALONG AND EAST OF THIS LINE OF MOST CONCERN.

MODELS INDC ENHANCED LIFT AND MOISTURE EXITING THE REGION DRG THE
AFTN. AM NOT ANTICIPATING ANY PROBS TNGT.

FFA ALREADY OUT. NEW ZFP SHORTLY.

46/37/30/WT

.HGX....SCA OFFSHORE...SCEC NEARSHORE.

PRELIMS...
CLL EB 090/076 094/075 095 623
IAH TB 087/076 092/076 094 734
GLS TB 086/080 088/080 089 744
SW COAST                   534

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
507 AM CST THU AUG 15 2002

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 AM    CRYSTAL BEACH             TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/15/02   GALVESTON                      ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE
                                          AND POWERLINES BLOWN
                                          DOWN. OTHER STRUCTURAL
                                          DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
610 AM CDT THU AUG 15 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 AM    CRYSTAL BEACH             TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/15/02   GALVESTON                      ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE
                                          AND POWERLINES BLOWN
                                          DOWN. OTHER STRUCTURAL
                                          DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.