Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2004, 1:12 AM CST for Brazos County, Grimes County, Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- Mar 17, 2004, 1:12 AM CST (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2004, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brazos County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Washington County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHGX 170712 TORHOU TXC041-185-477-170800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 112 AM CST WED MAR 17 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS GRIMES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 200 AM CST * AT 110 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAVASOTA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE AREAS BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND NAVASOTA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BRAZOS COUNTY AROUND 1245 AM. 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO - TAKE COVER 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 3050 9609 3041 9626 3022 9618 3025 9594 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 11:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 62 min |
| Mar 17, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 12:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Waller | 42 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.