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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2012, 6:36 PM CST for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2012, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 6:45 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | Snook, TX | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SNOOK DAMAGING NUMEROUS HOMES UPROOTING TREES AND DESTROYING SEVERAL BARNS AND METAL SHEDS. STORM WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 2MILES AND A PATH WIDTH AROUND 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF1. |
| Feb 3, 6:48 PM CST | TORNADO | Snook, TX | POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN SNOOK...POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Feb 3, 6:50 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Snook, TX | TORNADO TOUCHED ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNOOK AND DID MAJOR DAMAGE TO A LARGE METAL BUILDING. THE TORNADO ALSO MOVED AND FLIPPED AN AUTOMOBILE ABOUT 50 YARDS. 5 EIGHTEEN WHEELER TRAILERS WERE TOSSED ABOUT 100 YARDS INTO A PECAN PLANTATION. A PICTURE OF THE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 1201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
510 WFUS54 KHGX 040036 TORHGX TXC041-051-040100- /O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0022.120204T0036Z-120204T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 636 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... EASTERN BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CST * AT 633 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SNOOK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE TORNADO WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WELLBORN AND COLLEGE STATION. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3068 9631 3050 9623 3045 9649 3052 9655 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 241DEG 12KT 3050 9648 $$
1 follow-up statement
042 WWUS54 KHGX 040054 SVSHGX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 654 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 TXC041-051-040100- /O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120204T0100Z/ BURLESON TX-BRAZOS TX- 654 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR BRAZOS AND BURLESON COUNTIES... AT 648 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SNOOK. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WELLBORN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLEGE STATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. POWER LINES WERE DOWNED IN SNOOK ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR COLLEGE STATION AND WELLBORN. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3068 9631 3051 9625 3047 9645 3053 9648 TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 241DEG 12KT 3053 9642 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 6:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 30 min |
| Feb 3, 7:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes | 47 min |
| Feb 3, 7:47 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes | 118 min |
| Feb 3, 7:53 PM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 16 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:15 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 3, 9:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Walker, Washington | 9 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 61 min |
| Feb 3, 10:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 115 min |
| Feb 3, 10:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Grimes, Madison | 74 min |
| Feb 3, 11:22 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 53 min |
| Feb 4, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker | 65 min |
| Feb 4, 1:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 66 min |
| Feb 4, 1:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison | 114 min |
| Feb 4, 2:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 2 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:13 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 9 hr | |
| Feb 4, 3:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington | 2 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Liberty, Madison and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 4, 7:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Burleson, Lee | 3 days |
| Feb 4, 8:14 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Trinity, Walker | 51 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:11 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Feb 4, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 4 days |
| Feb 4, 10:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Feb 4, 10:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Galveston | 25 min |
| Feb 4, 3:28 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.