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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 9:04 AM CST for Houston County, Polk County, Trinity County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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, 9:04 AM CST (15:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, TX, Polk County, TX, Trinity County, TX
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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, 9:22 AM CST | TORNADO | 15 Se Crockett, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO PASSED THROUGH PASTURE BEHIND HOME. |
| 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 |
| Dec 25, 9:40 AM CST | TORNADO | 15 Ene Lovelady, TX | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OF AN EF-0 TORNADO WAS OBSERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NEAR THE SCENE OF THE EARLIER EF-3 TORNADO ALONG HIGHWAY 287. SOME DEBRIS WAS LOFTED BUT LITTLE TO NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. LOCATION WAS ONE MILE NNW OF THE TOWN OF PENNINGTON. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.3 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.
569
WFUS54 KHGX 251504
TORHGX
TXC225-373-455-251545-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0039.121225T1504Z-121225T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
904 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN TRINITY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 859 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOVELADY OR 11 MILES NORTH OF TRINITY...OR 14
MILES SOUTH OF CROCKETT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOVELADY AND 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 3144 9503 3145 9501 3142 9500 3139 9495
3134 9495 3133 9490 3129 9490 3129 9488
3126 9490 3123 9486 3115 9485 3113 9483
3104 9542 3116 9548 3146 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 236DEG 41KT 3111 9542
$$
392 follow-up statements
412
WWUS54 KHGX 251521
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
921 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
TXC225-373-455-251545-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121225T1545Z/
HOUSTON TX-TRINITY TX-POLK TX-
921 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN TRINITY AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
POLK COUNTIES...
AT 916 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
MILES NORTHWEST OF GROVETON...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROCKETT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED NEAR PENNINGTON AT AROUND 910AM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KENNARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3144 9503 3145 9501 3142 9500 3139 9495
3134 9496 3133 9490 3129 9490 3129 9488
3126 9490 3123 9486 3115 9485 3113 9483
3115 9525 3127 9531 3146 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 236DEG 41KT 3122 9523
$$
39978
WWUS54 KHGX 251537
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
937 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
TXC225-373-455-251545-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-121225T1545Z/
HOUSTON TX-TRINITY TX-POLK TX-
937 AM CST TUE DEC 25 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN TRINITY AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
POLK COUNTIES...
AT 933 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLS...OR 18 MILES WEST OF LUFKIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM DOES SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKENING BUT DO
NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON...NORTHEASTERN TRINITY AND EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES.
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 3144 9503 3145 9501 3142 9500 3139 9495
3134 9496 3133 9490 3129 9490 3129 9488
3126 9490 3123 9486 3115 9485 3113 9483
3121 9504 3138 9515 3146 9505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 234DEG 41KT 3135 9504
$$
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, 8:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston | 48 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.