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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

March 30, 2002Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2002, 5:54 PM CST for Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2002, 5:54 PM CST (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2002, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Mar 30, 5:55 PM CST	Hail 1	Clodine, TX
Mar 30, 5:58 PM CST	Hail 1.75	Sugarland, TX
Mar 30, 6:00 PM CST	Hail 1	Alief, 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
Mar 30, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 739 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1225 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

569 
WFUS54 KHGX 302354
TORHOU
TXC157-201-310030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
552 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 550 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PECAN GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PECAN GROVE...MISSION BEND...FIRST COLONY
  MEADOWS...SUGAR LAND...STAFFORD...ADDICKS
  THE GALLERIA...BELLAIRE...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN RICHMOND AND PECAN 
GROVE. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM EARLIER NEAR BEASLEY.


SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM

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 2975 9593 2951 9579 2976 9497 3011 9512

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 3:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado	32 min
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Colorado	29 min
Mar 30, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Wharton	44 min
Mar 30, 5:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Montgomery	34 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HGX	Fort Bend, Wharton	37 min
Mar 30, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson	35 min
Mar 30, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Jackson, Wharton	37 min

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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.