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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

November 22, 2004Harris County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 2004, 2:05 PM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Nov 22, 2004, 2:05 PM CST (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2004, 2:30 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harris County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
Nov 22, 1:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 499 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
499 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KHGX 222005
TORHGX
TXC201-222030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
205 PM CST MON NOV 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 200 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KATY JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10...MOVING 
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ADDICKS...
  JERSEY VILLAGE...
  HEDWIG VILLAGE...
  SPRING VALLEY...
  HILSHIRE VILLAGE...
  BUNKER HILL VILLAGE...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS WRAPPED UP IN HEAVY 
RAINFALL.

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. 

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2974 9539 2974 9572 2981 9583 2990 9585
      2995 9540

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 5:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado3 hr
Nov 22, 8:33 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXAustin27 min
Nov 22, 9:10 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris35 min
Nov 22, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris44 min
Nov 22, 10:33 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris27 min
Nov 22, 11:18 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty27 min
Nov 22, 11:29 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson3 hr
Nov 22, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXChambers, Liberty41 min
Nov 22, 12:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado3 hr
Nov 22, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXAustin30 min
Nov 22, 1:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller36 min
Nov 22, 2:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson3 hr
Nov 22, 2:33 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris27 min
Nov 22, 2:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris3 hr
Nov 22, 3:04 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris26 min
Nov 22, 3:07 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXAustin, Colorado3 hr
Nov 22, 3:33 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris27 min
Nov 22, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXLiberty32 min
Nov 22, 4:20 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXLiberty25 min
Nov 22, 4:56 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXHarris34 min
Nov 22, 4:58 PM CSTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend32 min
Nov 22, 5:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHGXWharton3 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.