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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 26, 2014Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2014, 2:16 PM CDT for Fort Bend County, Wharton County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
May 26, 2014, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fort Bend County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 2:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Wharton, TXTREES BLOWN DOWN AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOUSES IN HUNGERFORD NEAR COUNTY ROAD 218 AND HIGHWAY 60.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1630 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

807 
WFUS54 KHGX 261916
TORHGX
TXC157-481-261945-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0002.140526T1916Z-140526T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
216 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FORT BEND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN WHARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
    
* AT 216 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR WHARTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROSENBERG...WHARTON...NEEDVILLE...EAST BERNARD...
  BEASLEY...KENDLETON AND HUNGERFORD.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 2927 9604 2935 9616 2959 9604 2944 9580
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 215DEG 18KT 2938 9606 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXJackson60 min
May 26, 11:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXJackson, Wharton112 min
May 26, 12:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXJackson3 hr
May 26, 1:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXWharton114 min
May 26, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXFort Bend46 min
May 26, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend29 min
May 26, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris29 min
May 26, 3:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXWharton3 hr
May 26, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller47 min
May 26, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXFort Bend, Harris, Waller119 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris47 min
May 26, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchHGXAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 17 more51 hr
May 26, 5:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHGXHarris60 hr
May 26, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris48 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris46 min
May 26, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHGXBrazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller3 hr
May 26, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers, Liberty40 min

Nearby

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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.