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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 2017, 7:14 AM CST for Harris County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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
- Jan 16, 2017, 7:14 AM CST (13:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2017, 7:45 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Harris County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 7:31 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 N Jersey Village, TX | THREE HOMES DAMAGED BY EF0 TORNADO. |
| Jan 16, 7:35 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Jersey Village, TX | BRICK FACADE DAMAGE ON BUILDING NEAR WINDFERN AND GESSNER. LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jan 16, 7:45 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Nne Jersey Village, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR CYPRESSWOOD DR AND CHAMPIONS FOREST DR |
| Jan 16, 7:45 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 Nne Jersey Village, TX | AT CYPRESSWOOD AND CHAMPION FOREST... AN URGENT CARE HAS POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 59 days |
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
339 WFUS54 KHGX 161314 TORHGX TXC201-161345- /O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0006.170116T1314Z-170116T1345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 714 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017 The National Weather Service in League City has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northwestern Harris County in southeastern Texas... * Until 745 AM CST. * At 713 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Jersey Village, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. * Locations impacted include... Jersey Village, Greater Greenspoint, northwestern Addicks Park Ten, Spring, Willowbrook, Hooks Airport, Carverdale, western Bush Intercontinental Airport and Greater Inwood. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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. Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris. && LAT...LON 2981 9567 2988 9573 3014 9553 2998 9535 TIME...MOT...LOC 1313Z 225DEG 22KT 2989 9564 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED HAIL...0.00IN $$ 40
1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KHGX 161327
SVSHGX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
727 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017
TXC201-161345-
/O.CON.KHGX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170116T1345Z/
Harris TX-
727 AM CST MON JAN 16 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HARRIS COUNTY...
At 727 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Jersey Village, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
Locations impacted include...
Jersey Village, Greater Greenspoint, Spring, Willowbrook, Hooks
Airport, Carverdale, western Bush Intercontinental Airport and
Greater Inwood.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile
home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and
protect yourself from flying debris.
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2986 9559 2993 9567 3014 9553 2998 9535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 226DEG 19KT 2993 9558
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
40The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Madison | 49 min |
| Jan 16, 3:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes | 54 min |
| Jan 16, 3:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Houston | 34 min |
| Jan 16, 4:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Wharton | 44 min |
| Jan 16, 4:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton | 33 min |
| Jan 16, 4:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Grimes | 46 min |
| Jan 16, 4:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton | 54 min |
| Jan 16, 5:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Wharton | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 5:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 28 min |
| Jan 16, 5:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 57 min |
| Jan 16, 6:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 33 min |
| Jan 16, 6:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 6:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 62 min |
| Jan 16, 7:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jan 16, 8:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jan 16, 8:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 35 min |
| Jan 16, 8:39 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jan 16, 8:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 23 min |
| Jan 16, 8:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Waller | 50 min |
| Jan 16, 9:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jan 16, 9:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 36 min |
| Jan 16, 9:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jan 16, 10:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | San Jacinto | 39 min |
| Jan 16, 11:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Polk | 26 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.