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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

September 7, 2010Brazos County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2010, 11:04 AM CDT for Brazos County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2010, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2010, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Brazos County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1740 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 9:20 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda7 hr
Sep 7, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Sep 7, 6:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton3 hr
Sep 7, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Sep 7, 8:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton3 hr
Sep 7, 9:28 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend, Waller32 min
Sep 7, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX112 min
Sep 7, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXWaller, Washington30 min
Sep 7, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson23 min
Sep 7, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX114 min
Sep 7, 11:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris63 min
Sep 7, 11:45 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda17 hr
Sep 7, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMatagorda24 min
Sep 7, 11:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton2 hr
Sep 7, 12:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXHarris3 hr
Sep 7, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX114 min
Sep 7, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris31 min
Sep 7, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Sep 7, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker43 min
Sep 7, 1:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXColorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton112 min
Sep 7, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX2 hr
Sep 7, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXChambers, Harris, Liberty3 hr
Sep 7, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers, Liberty59 min
Sep 7, 3:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton59 min
Sep 7, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX47 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.