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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2012, 7:00 PM CST for Brazos County, Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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, 7:00 PM CST (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2012, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7:20 PM CST | HAIL 1 | College Station, TX | QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN COLLEGE STATION AT MARION PUGH AND GEORGE BUSH DRIVE...OTHER PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTS AT BAZELL STREET AND LINCOLN AVENUE. |
| Feb 3, 7:35 PM CST | HAIL 1 | College Station, TX | ONE INCH HAIL CAUSED A BROKEN WINDOW ON HOME AT MARION PUGH AND GEORGE BUSH DRIVE. |
| Feb 3, 7:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | College Station, TX | POWER POLES DOWN ON ASHFORD ROAD AND FINFEATHER ROAD. |
| Feb 3, 7:38 PM CST | HAIL 2 | College Station, TX | 2.25 INCH HAIL JUST NORTH OF THE A AND M CAMPUS |
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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 265 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.
636 WFUS54 KHGX 040100 TORHGX TXC041-051-040130- /O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0023.120204T0100Z-120204T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 700 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BRAZOS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... EASTERN BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CST * AT 653 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF WELLBORN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE TORNADO WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLLEGE STATION AND WELLBORN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN SNOOK DUE TO A POSSIBLE TORNADO. 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR A TORNADO - TAKE COVER NOW! && 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 3071 9626 3050 9617 3050 9644 3056 9648 TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 244DEG 11KT 3052 9641 $$
2 follow-up statements
184 WWUS54 KHGX 040120 SVSHGX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 720 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 TXC051-040129- /O.CAN.KHGX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120204T0130Z/ BURLESON TX- 720 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BURLESON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. && PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3070 9626 3054 9618 3051 9634 3059 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 246DEG 16KT 3059 9631 $$ TXC041-040130- /O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120204T0130Z/ BRAZOS TX- 720 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR BRAZOS COUNTY... AT 718 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLLEGE STATION... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT COLLEGE STATION AND WELLBORN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE OR SERIOUS INJURY. AVOID WINDOWS AND TAKE COVER NOW! 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR A TORNADO - TAKE COVER NOW! && 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 3070 9626 3054 9618 3051 9634 3059 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 246DEG 16KT 3059 9631 $$
053 WWUS54 KHGX 040130 SVSHGX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 730 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 TXC041-040140- /O.EXP.KHGX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120204T0130Z/ BRAZOS TX- 730 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BRAZOS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED IN TERMS OF ROTATION BUT STILL HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND FLOODING RAINS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3070 9626 3054 9618 3051 9634 3059 9641 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 246DEG 16KT 3061 9626 $$
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, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 24 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.