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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

August 2, 2021Chambers County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT for Chambers County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 2, 2021, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

County Chambers County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1654 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

859 
WFUS54 KHGX 022355
TORHGX
TXC071-030030-
/O.NEW.KHGX.TO.W.0024.210802T2355Z-210803T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
655 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

The National Weather Service in League City has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Chambers County in southeastern Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 654 PM CDT, a confirmed waterspout was located just offshore
  near Anahuac, or 7 miles east of Beach City, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed waterspout moving onshore.

  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.

* This tornado will be near...
  Anahuac around 710 PM CDT.

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 2967 9476 2973 9478 2988 9455 2975 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 249DEG 14KT 2972 9472 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
848 
WWUS54 KHGX 030020
SVSHGX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
720 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

TXC071-030030-
/O.EXP.KHGX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210803T0030Z/
Chambers TX-
720 PM CDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 730 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 2967 9476 2973 9478 2988 9455 2975 9449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 249DEG 14KT 2975 9462 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX41 min
Aug 2, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXChambers49 min
Aug 2, 6:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedHGXChambers, Galveston46 min
Aug 2, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningHGX45 min

Nearby

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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.