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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2004, 2:19 PM CDT for Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 23, 2004, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2004, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 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.
614 WFUS54 KHGX 231919 TORHOU TXC481-232000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 218 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 216 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF DANEVANG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE WHARTON AND BOLING-IAGO. 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 YOU ARE INSIDE A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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. LAT...LON 2913 9624 2905 9618 2925 9588 2943 9604 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 95 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Jackson, Matagorda | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 2 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 95 min | |
| Jun 23, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 107 min | |
| Jun 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Wharton | 115 min |
| Jun 23, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Wharton | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 50 min |
| Jun 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson, Wharton | 3 hr |
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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.