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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2014, 11:45 AM CDT for Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2014, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2014, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Liberty County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KHGX 271645
TORHGX
TXC291-271730-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0011.140627T1645Z-140627T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1145 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LIBERTY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 1141 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 4 DIFFERENT THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. ONE STORM WAS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PLUM GROVE...A SECOND 10 MILES WEST OF DAYTON...A THIRD 8 MILES
SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...AND A FOURTH 7 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND. ALL
CELLS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PLUM GROVE...KENEFICK...NORTH CLEVELAND...ROMAYOR AND
TARKINGTON PRAIRIE.
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 3013 9487 2997 9498 2999 9500 3001 9504
3035 9517 3049 9484 3049 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 191DEG 16KT 3016 9493
$$3 follow-up statements
717
WWUS54 KHGX 271701
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON
TX 1201 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
TXC291-271730-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140627T1730Z/
LIBERTY TX-
1201 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
LIBERTY COUNTY...
AT 1158 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADOS. ONE STORM BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND TARKINGTON
PRAIRIE AND ANOTHER 8 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF DAYTON...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEVELAND...PLUM GROVE...KENEFICK...NORTH CLEVELAND...ROMAYOR AND
TARKINGTON PRAIRIE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3013 9487 2997 9498 2999 9500 3001 9504
3035 9517 3049 9484 3049 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 191DEG 16KT 3024 9491
$$563
WWUS54 KHGX 271715
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1215 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
TXC291-271730-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140627T1730Z/
LIBERTY TX-
1215 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY...
AT 1214 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST
OF CLEVELAND...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROMAYOR.
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 3028 9486 3027 9487 3027 9491 3041 9504
3049 9484 3049 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 191DEG 16KT 3031 9489
$$389
WWUS54 KHGX 271728
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
TXC291-271735-
/O.EXP.KHGX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140627T1730Z/
LIBERTY TX-
1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1230 PM CDT...
THE ROTATION WITHIN STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE AIRMASS
IN PLACE ALSO REMAINS FAVORABLE FOR FUNNELS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 3028 9486 3027 9487 3027 9491 3041 9504
3049 9484 3049 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 191DEG 16KT 3031 9489
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 27, 10:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 10:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1003 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014
.DISCUSSION...
GOES SOUNDER PW IMAGERY AND AREA SOUNDINGS SHOW 1.8-2.1" PW'S TO
WORK WITH TODAY. STARTING TO SEE SCT DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE NOW AND
ANTICIPATE PRECIP TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS TEMPS CLIMB
INTO THE MID & UPPER 80S. FOR THE UPDATE: JUST SOME INSIGNIFICANT
TWEAKS TO 1ST PERIOD GRIDS BASED ON LATEST TRENDS. 47
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 89 74 91 77 93 / 30 20 20 20 20
HOUSTON (IAH) 87 76 89 78 92 / 60 20 40 20 20
GALVESTON (GLS) 86 81 87 82 90 / 40 20 30 20 20
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...
WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20
NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP
CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO
FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:07 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 407 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-281200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM-WHARTON- 407 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. LOCALIZED STRONG CELLS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE A POSSIBILITY. IT WILL BECOME BREEZY AREA WIDE...AND AS A RESULT SOME HIGHER SURF AND ELEVATED RIP CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GULF BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OVER THE WEEKEND...THE AREA SHOULD SEE GRADUALLY DECREASING STORM COVERAGE AS MOISTURE LEVELS LOWER A BIT. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOMEWHAT BREEZY...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AN ELEVATED THREAT FOR HIGHER SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES. BEGINNING ON MONDAY...EVEN LOWER MAINLY AFTERNOON RAIN CHANCES ARE ANTICIPATED AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:53 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1053 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 TXZ178-179-200-271630- SAN JACINTO TX-POLK TX-LIBERTY TX- 1053 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1052 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TARKINGTON PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM ALSO HAS SOME WEAK ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLEVELAND...SHEPHERD...ROMAYOR AND TARKINGTON PRAIRIE. LAT...LON 3021 9495 3024 9507 3057 9511 3054 9480 TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 187DEG 13KT 3031 9500
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:56 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1056 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 TXZ200-271645- LIBERTY TX- 1056 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1055 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER KENEFICK...OR NEAR DAYTON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM ALSO HAS SOME WEAK ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...DAYTON...KENEFICK...DAYTON LAKES...TARKINGTON PRAIRIE AND MOSS HILL. LAT...LON 3002 9483 3003 9496 3037 9501 3033 9470 TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 187DEG 13KT 3010 9489
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | HGX | 58 hr | |
| Jun 27, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 10:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 11:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 17 min |
| Jun 27, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 20 min |
| Jun 27, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.