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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2004, 5:58 PM CDT for Colorado County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 10, 2004, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Colorado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1910 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
458 WFUS54 KHGX 102258 TORHOU TXC089-102330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 558 PM CDT SAT APR 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLORADO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER COLUMBUS ...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LAT...LON 2977 9653 2959 9652 2962 9623 2980 9638 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 58 min |
| Apr 10, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Madison | 62 min |
| Apr 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Waller | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Waller | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Waller | 32 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.