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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2012, 7:13 PM CDT for Burleson County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Burleson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:37 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 W Caldwell, TX | SPOTTER REPORTED RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO TO THE TX DPS. |
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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
783
WFUS54 KHGX 140013
TORHGX
TXC051-140045-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0037.121014T0013Z-121014T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
713 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 706 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CALDWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH ALONG AND WEST
OF FM-696.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALDWELL.
THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC REPORTS OF A TORNADO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
STORM NEAR LEXINGTON IN LEE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3063 9683 3066 9677 3045 9659 3037 9677
3039 9679 3043 9687 3046 9688 3046 9690
3050 9690 3050 9691 3052 9690 3054 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 232DEG 14KT 3043 9690
$$
402 follow-up statements
496
WWUS54 KHGX 140032
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
732 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC051-140045-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121014T0045Z/
BURLESON TX-
732 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN BURLESON COUNTY...
AT 719 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
RAINWRAPPED TORNADO LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF 7 MILES NORTHWESWT OF
DIMEBOX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALDWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3063 9683 3066 9677 3045 9659 3037 9677
3039 9679 3043 9687 3046 9688 3046 9690
3050 9690 3050 9691 3052 9690 3054 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 232DEG 14KT 3049 9682
$$
40302
WWUS54 KHGX 140034
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
734 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC051-140045-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121014T0045Z/
BURLESON TX-
734 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN BURLESON COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALDWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SPOTTER
REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO IS LIKELY RAINWRAPPED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALDWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3063 9683 3066 9677 3045 9659 3037 9677
3039 9679 3043 9687 3046 9688 3046 9690
3050 9690 3050 9691 3052 9690 3054 9692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 232DEG 12KT 3048 9681
$$
40The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos, Burleson | 47 min |
| Oct 13, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazos | 25 min |
| Oct 14, 4:12 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | HGX | 5 hr | |
| Oct 14, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Waller | 43 min |
| Oct 14, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.