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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

December 23, 2002Trinity County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2002, 2:49 PM CST for Trinity County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2002, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2002, 3:15 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Trinity County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 23, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Dec 23, 2:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
493 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.

025 
WFUS54 KHGX 232049
TORHOU
TXC455-232115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
249 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 246 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF TRINITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  TRINITY
  GROVETON

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 3128 9510 3119 9500 3092 9525 3089 9538
          3098 9543

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 6:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGX50 min
Dec 23, 6:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGX62 min
Dec 23, 9:41 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazos49 min
Dec 23, 9:57 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXAustin33 min
Dec 23, 10:06 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXWalker39 min
Dec 23, 10:51 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXTrinity39 min
Dec 23, 11:16 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes44 min
Dec 23, 11:58 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXGrimes, Walker47 min
Dec 23, 12:13 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXMadison47 min
Dec 23, 12:36 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHouston39 min
Dec 23, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHouston, Trinity47 min
Dec 23, 1:14 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXMontgomery46 min
Dec 23, 1:32 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXSan Jacinto43 min
Dec 23, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris36 min
Dec 23, 2:07 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXMontgomery38 min
Dec 23, 2:13 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXGrimes, Montgomery, Walker47 min
Dec 23, 2:21 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris39 min
Dec 23, 2:21 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXPolk54 min
Dec 23, 2:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXMontgomery34 min
Dec 23, 2:54 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXWalker36 min
Dec 23, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXSan Jacinto45 min
Dec 23, 3:16 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXTrinity44 min
Dec 23, 4:20 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazos, Madison40 min
Dec 23, 4:55 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXMadison50 min
Dec 23, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGX54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.