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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT for Galveston County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se League City, TX | OFF-DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST REPORTED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE AT CANDLEWOOD SUITES. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 24, 6:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene League City, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF TREE DAMAGE AT LANDSCAPING COMPANY. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 24, 6:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese League City, TX | LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN ALONG PECAN ORCHARD ROAD |
| Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ese League City, TX | SHINGLES OFF HOMES AND SHED DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE VICTORY LAKES SUBDIVISION. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne League City, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF FENCE DAMAGE IN OAKS OF CLEAR CREEK SUBDIVISION. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
997
WFUS54 KHGX 242329
TORHGX
TXC167-201-250000-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0007.160424T2329Z-160425T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
629 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 628 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG HIGHWAY
646 EAST OF INTERSTATE 45.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN PASADENA...LEAGUE CITY...EASTERN FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE...
DICKINSON...SEABROOK...WEBSTER...KEMAH...SOUTHEASTERN CLEAR LAKE...
NASSAU BAY...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE...EL LAGO...SHOREACRES...CLEAR LAKE
SHORES...MORGAN'S POINT...BACLIFF...KEMAH BOARDWALK AND THE JOHNSON
SPACE CENTER.
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 2945 9511 2950 9517 2968 9501 2955 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 229DEG 10KT 2948 9510
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
HUFFMAN2 follow-up statements
406
WWUS54 KHGX 242349
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
649 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
TXC167-201-250000-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160425T0000Z/
GALVESTON TX-HARRIS TX-
649 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES...
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN PASADENA...NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE CITY...LA PORTE...SEABROOK...
WEBSTER...KEMAH...SOUTHEASTERN CLEAR LAKE...NASSAU BAY...TAYLOR LAKE
VILLAGE...EL LAGO...SHOREACRES...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...MORGAN'S POINT...
KEMAH BOARDWALK AND THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 2950 9505 2950 9511 2953 9515 2968 9501
2959 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 204DEG 10KT 2953 9508
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HUFFMAN118
WWUS54 KHGX 242349 RRA
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
649 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
TXC167-201-250000-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160425T0000Z/
GALVESTON TX-HARRIS TX-
649 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES...
AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN PASADENA...NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE CITY...LA PORTE...SEABROOK...
WEBSTER...KEMAH...SOUTHEASTERN CLEAR LAKE...NASSAU BAY...TAYLOR LAKE
VILLAGE...EL LAGO...SHOREACRES...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...MORGAN'S POINT...
KEMAH BOARDWALK AND THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 2950 9505 2950 9511 2953 9515 2968 9501
2959 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 204DEG 10KT 2953 9508
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HUFFMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 4:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 94 min | |
| Apr 24, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 32 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.