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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 27, 2016Burleson County, Washington County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 2:36 AM CDT for Burleson County, Washington County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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: May 27, 2016, 2:36 AM CDT (07:36 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Burleson County, TX, Washington County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 285 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2934 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 8.6

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The text

As transmitted.

958 
WFUS54 KHGX 270736
TORHGX
TXC051-477-270800-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0021.160527T0736Z-160527T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
236 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BURLESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
    
* AT 236 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER BURTON...OR 13 MILES WEST OF BRENHAM...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRENHAM...SOMERVILLE...BURTON...LAKE SOMERVILLE DAM AND QUARRY. 

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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3025 9672 3025 9669 3029 9666 3040 9644
      3022 9631 3011 9663 3013 9665 3015 9665
      3015 9668 3016 9669 3024 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 246DEG 25KT 3018 9662 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	56 min
May 26, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Waller, Washington	66 min
May 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Liberty, San Jacinto	45 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and 1 more	3 hr
May 26, 7:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	4 days
May 26, 7:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	5 days
May 26, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	3 days
May 26, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller, Washington	53 min
May 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Waller, Washington	63 min
May 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Harris and 3 more	2 hr
May 26, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Waller	65 min
May 26, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Trinity, Walker	35 days
May 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	44 min
May 26, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Washington	38 min
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	69 hr
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	61 hr
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	4 days
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	4 days
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	11 days
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	37 hr
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Waller	9 days
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Waller	14 days
May 26, 9:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend	18 days
May 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty	2 hr
May 26, 9:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	3 hr
May 26, 9:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	72 hr
May 26, 10:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Austin, Grimes, Montgomery, Waller, Washington	4 hr
May 26, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison	3 hr
May 26, 10:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	4 hr
May 26, 11:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	46 hr
May 26, 11:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery	4 days
May 27, 12:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Grimes, Waller, Washington	5 days
May 27, 1:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker	88 min
May 27, 1:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	12 hr
May 27, 1:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	4 days
May 27, 1:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Grimes, Houston, Liberty, Madison, Montgomery, Polk and 3 more	3 hr
May 27, 1:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Walker	50 min
May 27, 1:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	38 days
May 27, 1:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Chambers, Liberty	40 days
May 27, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Burleson, Washington	53 min
May 27, 2:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery and 2 more	6 hr
May 27, 2:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Madison and 4 more	6 hr
May 27, 2:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Walker	6 hr
May 27, 2:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Grimes, Walker	62 min
May 27, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington	66 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HGX	Chambers, Harris	12 min
May 27, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Austin, Colorado	41 min
May 27, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Harris and 3 more	47 min
May 27, 3:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	5 hr
May 27, 4:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Austin, Grimes, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto and 2 more	67 min
May 27, 4:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	3 hr
May 27, 4:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller	3 hr
May 27, 4:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Burleson, Lee	27 hr
May 27, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris	39 min
May 27, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Harris, Liberty	67 min
May 27, 8:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery and 2 more	9 hr
May 27, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	5 days
May 27, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Waller	6 days
May 27, 10:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	38 hr
May 27, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado, Wharton	4 days
May 27, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Matagorda, Wharton	5 days
May 27, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	5 days
May 27, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk	72 hr
May 27, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	32 hr
May 27, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado	32 hr
May 27, 11:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Walker	115 min
May 27, 12:33 PM CDT	Rip Current Statement	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda	9 hr
May 27, 1:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery, Waller	2 hr
May 27, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	37 min
May 27, 3:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto	115 min
May 27, 3:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	51 hr
May 27, 3:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Waller	118 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller	114 min
May 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	HGX		85 min
May 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton	51 min
May 27, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Harris, Montgomery and 2 more	12 hr
May 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Liberty	3 hr
May 27, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton	116 min
May 27, 5:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	3 days
May 27, 5:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	20 hr

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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.