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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2012, 8:58 AM CST for Fort Bend County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 9, 2012, 8:58 AM CST (14:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2012, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fort Bend County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 9:05 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw Meadows, TX | ROOF DAMAGE TO HOMES. GARAGE DOORS BLOWN IN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jan 9, 9:05 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Wnw Meadows, TX | AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BISSONNET STREET AND GAINS ROAD IN MISSION BEND OF FORT BEND COUNTY. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH ONE HAVING SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.50 MILES WITH A WIDTH O |
| Jan 9, 9:05 AM CST | TORNADO | 5 Wnw Meadows, TX | AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BISSONNET STREET AND GAINS ROAD IN MISSION BEND OF FORT BEND COUNTY. SEVERAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED WITH ONE HAVING SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. DAMAGE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.50 MILES WITH A WIDTH O |
| Jan 9, 9:40 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Ne Hilshire Village, TX | 60 MPH WIND GUST AT HCFCD AT HWY 290 AND LOOP 610. |
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 610 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622 WFUS54 KHGX 091458 TORHGX TXC157-201-091545- /O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0005.120109T1458Z-120109T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 858 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS... * UNTIL 945 AM CST * AT 853 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MISSION BEND... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR HIGHWAY 99 AND MASON ROAD AT 850 AM. * LOCATIONS IN THE TORNADO WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE MEDICAL CENTER...RELIANT PARK...MINUTE MAID PARK...MEMORIAL...HOBBY AIRPORT...HERMAN PARK...THE GALLERIA...ADDICKS...WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE...TOWN WEST...SUGAR LAND...STAFFORD...SPRING VALLEY... SOUTHSIDE PLACE...SOUTH HOUSTON...PINEY POINT VILLAGE...PECAN GROVE...MEADOWS...HUNTERS CREEK VILLAGE...HOUSTON...HILSHIRE VILLAGE...HEDWIG VILLAGE...FIRST COLONY...BUNKER HILL VILLAGE AND BELLAIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && 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 2993 9533 2962 9520 2956 9571 2972 9579 TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 255DEG 25KT 2968 9565 $$
1 follow-up statement
779 WWUS54 KHGX 091540 SVSHGX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 940 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012 TXC157-201-091548- /O.EXP.KHGX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120109T1545Z/ FORT BEND TX-HARRIS TX- 940 AM CST MON JAN 9 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARRIS AND FORT BEND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM CST... THE ROTATION IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR HARRIS AND FORT BEND COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF...LOCAL POLICE... OR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 2993 9533 2962 9520 2956 9571 2972 9579 TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 255DEG 25KT 2976 9533 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 10:44 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 19 hr | |
| Jan 9, 2:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 40 min |
| Jan 9, 4:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 65 min |
| Jan 9, 4:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 5:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 5:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 53 min |
| Jan 9, 6:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 58 min |
| Jan 9, 6:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 65 min |
| Jan 9, 7:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 43 min |
| Jan 9, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller, Wharton | 62 min |
| Jan 9, 8:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 49 min |
| Jan 9, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 63 min |
| Jan 9, 9:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Wharton | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 9:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto | 115 min |
| Jan 9, 9:40 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda, Wharton | 41 min |
| Jan 9, 9:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Wharton | 32 min |
| Jan 9, 10:13 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris | 43 min |
| Jan 9, 10:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| Jan 9, 10:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Matagorda, Wharton | 42 min |
| Jan 9, 10:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 10:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 11:06 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 11:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 27 min |
| Jan 9, 11:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 64 min |
| Jan 9, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 11:54 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 22 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:16 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Matagorda | 119 min |
| Jan 9, 12:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 48 min |
| Jan 9, 12:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 66 min | |
| Jan 9, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 36 min |
| Jan 9, 12:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 117 min | |
| Jan 9, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 1:41 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 64 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 25 min |
| Jan 9, 2:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:52 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 83 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:56 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 11 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:08 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 67 min | |
| Jan 9, 4:19 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 56 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.