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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2003, 9:44 PM CDT for Madison County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
- May 16, 2003, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1729 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KHGX 170244
TORHOU
TXC313-170315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
942 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 938 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF MIDWAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
MIDWAY...MADISONVILLE...HIGHWAY 75...INTERSTATE 45...
FM HIGHWAY 247
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM.
AT 945 PM...A SPOTTER REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL 3 MILES EAST OF
MADISONVILLE.
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 3099 9595 3088 9590 3093 9566 3107 9568
3110 9579 3109 9593
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 54 min |
| May 16, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 39 min |
| May 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 60 min |
| May 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 43 min |
| May 16, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 46 min |
| May 16, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 41 min |
| May 16, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto, Walker | 52 min |
| May 16, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 44 min |
| May 16, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| May 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Washington | 44 min |
| May 17, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.