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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 8:42 AM CST for Houston County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- Dec 25, 2012, 8:42 AM CST (14:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Houston County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 9:22 AM CST | TORNADO | 13 Se Crockett, TX | PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO DAMAGE ON 287 WITH A DESTROYED BUILDING. |
| Dec 25, 9:25 AM CST | TORNADO | 8 Ene Lovelady, TX | WORST OF THE DAMAGE WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 287 ONE MILE NORTH OF PENNINGTON. A FEED STORE AND RESTAURANT WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY AN EF-3 TORNADO WITH DEBRIS SCATTERED IN A FIELD TO THE EAST. SEVERAL HOMES AND TRAILERS WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH. MOST |
| Dec 25, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 80 | Lovelady, TX | LOVELADY FIRECHIEF REPORT WIND GUST OF 80 MPH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 1:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 1505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
849
WFUS54 KHGX 251442
TORHGX
TXC225-251530-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0038.121225T1442Z-121225T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
842 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 930 AM CST
* AT 837 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROCKETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROCKETT...LOVELADY...KENNARD AND LATEXO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.
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 3157 9522 3158 9517 3154 9514 3151 9510
3150 9510 3149 9511 3147 9510 3147 9506
3140 9497 3099 9557 3127 9569 3159 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 230DEG 42KT 3118 9562
$$
392 follow-up statements
075
WWUS54 KHGX 251454
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
854 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
TXC225-251530-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-121225T1530Z/
HOUSTON TX-
854 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 851 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR CROCKETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. A SECOND STORM ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVELADY WAS ALSO SHOWING ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE
TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROCKETT...LOVELADY...KENNARD AND LATEXO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3157 9522 3158 9517 3154 9514 3151 9510
3149 9511 3147 9510 3147 9506 3145 9504
3140 9497 3130 9511 3101 9553 3128 9562
3159 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1451Z 229DEG 43KT 3130 9545
$$
39864
WWUS54 KHGX 251510
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
910 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
TXC225-251530-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-121225T1530Z/
HOUSTON TX-
910 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY...
AT 908 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF CROCKETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KENNARD.
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 3157 9522 3158 9517 3154 9514 3151 9510
3149 9511 3147 9510 3147 9506 3145 9504
3140 9497 3130 9511 3128 9529 3142 9540
3159 9528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 229DEG 42KT 3142 9527
$$
39The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Dec 25, 1:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, San Jacinto, Walker | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 1:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 39 min |
| Dec 25, 1:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Trinity | 27 min |
| Dec 25, 2:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 48 min |
| Dec 25, 2:54 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 21 min |
| Dec 25, 8:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 8:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 43 min |
| Dec 25, 9:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 41 min |
| Dec 25, 9:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison | 43 min |
| Dec 25, 9:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 30 min |
| Dec 25, 9:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 49 min |
| Dec 25, 9:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 22 min |
| Dec 25, 10:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 43 min |
| Dec 25, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto | 30 min |
| Dec 25, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 42 min |
| Dec 25, 10:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more | 16 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 10:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto | 17 min |
| Dec 25, 11:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 11:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 11:08 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 82 min | |
| Dec 25, 11:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 48 min |
| Dec 25, 11:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 42 min |
| Dec 25, 11:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 55 min |
| Dec 25, 11:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 81 min | |
| Dec 25, 11:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 70 min |
| Dec 25, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 24 min |
| Dec 25, 12:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Dec 25, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 59 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.