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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.
281 WFUS54 KHGX 242358 TORHGX TXC039-167-201-250030- /O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0008.160424T2358Z-160425T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 658 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... NORTHEASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOUTHEASTERN PASADENA...LEAGUE CITY...FRIENDSWOOD...LA PORTE... SEABROOK...WEBSTER...KEMAH...CLEAR LAKE...NASSAU BAY...TAYLOR LAKE VILLAGE...EL LAGO...SHOREACRES...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...KEMAH BOARDWALK... THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER AND ELLINGTON FIELD. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LEAGUE CITY. && LAT...LON 2947 9516 2952 9523 2969 9506 2955 9492 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 243DEG 9KT 2951 9515 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN $$ HUFFMAN
1 follow-up statement
844
WWUS54 KHGX 250021
SVSHGX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
721 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
TXC039-250030-
/O.CAN.KHGX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160425T0030Z/
BRAZORIA TX-
721 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2948 9512 2955 9520 2969 9506 2955 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 238DEG 7KT 2953 9512
$$
TXC167-201-250030-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160425T0030Z/
GALVESTON TX-HARRIS TX-
721 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GALVESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN HARRIS COUNTIES...
AT 720 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WEBSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...TEXAS DPS RELAYED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ALONG
THE HARRIS/GALVESTON COUNTY LINE.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN PASADENA...LEAGUE CITY...NORTHEASTERN FRIENDSWOOD...LA
PORTE...SEABROOK...WEBSTER...KEMAH...CLEAR LAKE...NASSAU BAY...TAYLOR LAKE
VILLAGE...EL LAGO...SHOREACRES...CLEAR LAKE SHORES...KEMAH BOARDWALK...THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER...ELLINGTON FIELD AND BACLIFF.
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 2948 9512 2955 9520 2969 9506 2955 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 238DEG 7KT 2953 9512
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, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 54 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.