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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2014, 2:20 PM CDT for Galveston County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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
- Jun 26, 2014, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2014, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Galveston County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Bayou Vista, TX | A TORNADO TORE A MOBILE HOME PARK APART AND CAUSED A HOME TO GO AIRBORNE ONTO SOME POWERLINES. 1 INJURY... 1 MOBILE HOME IS DESTROYED... AND 1 RV IS DESTROYED. ROOF DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AND POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN. |
| Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Ssw Texas City, TX |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
397
WFUS54 KHGX 261920
TORHGX
TXC167-261945-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0009.140626T1920Z-140626T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
220 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 219 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BAYOU VISTA...OR NEAR HITCHCOCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEXAS CITY...LA MARQUE...HITCHCOCK...BAYOU VISTA...TIKI ISLAND...
PELICAN ISLAND...PORT BOLIVAR AND SAN LEON.
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 2936 9477 2938 9478 2937 9485 2933 9478
2932 9482 2935 9482 2936 9489 2930 9490
2932 9494 2932 9502 2950 9493 2950 9492
2946 9494 2943 9489 2937 9489 2939 9477
2941 9474 2939 9472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 226DEG 13KT 2932 9497
$$2 follow-up statements
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WWUS54 KHGX 261929
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
229 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
TXC167-261945-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140626T1945Z/
GALVESTON TX-
229 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GALVESTON COUNTY...
AT 227 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN
TIKI ISLAND AND TEXAS CITY WHICH MATCHES UP WITH THE CURRENT
POSITION OF THE STORM. IT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH TOWARD
GLAVESTON BAY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TEXAS CITY...LA MARQUE...HITCHCOCK...BAYOU VISTA...TIKI ISLAND...
PELICAN ISLAND...PORT BOLIVAR AND SAN LEON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2936 9477 2938 9478 2937 9485 2933 9478
2932 9482 2935 9482 2936 9489 2930 9490
2932 9494 2932 9502 2950 9493 2950 9492
2946 9494 2943 9489 2937 9489 2939 9477
2941 9474 2939 9472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 226DEG 13KT 2934 9494
$$756
WWUS54 KHGX 261944
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
244 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
TXC167-261951-
/O.EXP.KHGX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140626T1945Z/
GALVESTON TX-
244 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GALVESTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 245 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO GALVESTON BAY
AND IS QUITE POSSIBLY PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT.
LAT...LON 2936 9477 2938 9478 2937 9485 2933 9478
2932 9482 2935 9482 2936 9489 2930 9490
2932 9494 2932 9502 2950 9493 2950 9492
2946 9494 2943 9489 2937 9489 2939 9477
2941 9474 2939 9472
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 226DEG 13KT 2934 9494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Matagorda | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 10:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Waller | 75 min |
| Jun 26, 12:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 58 min | |
| Jun 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Liberty | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 65 min | |
| Jun 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 39 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.