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Tornado Watch 27
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 24, 2023, 10:49 AM CST for 5 parishes in Louisiana; 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2023, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2023, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 29 counties
Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Aransas County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bee County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Waller County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 60%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
39 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 10:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 11:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 28 min |
| Jan 24, 11:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Waller | 38 min |
| Jan 24, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jan 24, 11:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 24 min |
| Jan 24, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 23 min |
| Jan 24, 12:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 17 min |
| Jan 24, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Wharton | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 25 min |
| Jan 24, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 12:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Victoria | 17 min |
| Jan 24, 1:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Wharton | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 15 min |
| Jan 24, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda | 30 min |
| Jan 24, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 20 min |
| Jan 24, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 15 min |
| Jan 24, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston | 45 min |
| Jan 24, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Orange | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 3:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston, Liberty | 24 min |
| Jan 24, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard | 33 min |
| Jan 24, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 28 min |
| Jan 24, 4:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 36 min |
| Jan 24, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 16 min |
| Jan 24, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 67 min |
| Jan 24, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 24 min |
| Jan 24, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Beauregard, Calcasieu | 22 min |
| Jan 24, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Cameron | 15 min |
| Jan 24, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Calcasieu | 23 min |
| Jan 24, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Allen, Beauregard | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion | 26 min |
| Jan 24, 5:55 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Allen, Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon | 3 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 10:16 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calcasieu, Cameron | 119 min |
| Jan 24, 3:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Iberia and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 24, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Acadia, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Parmer | 2 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:08 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wichita | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:50 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Jackson, Wharton | 115 min |
| Jan 24, 3:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Orange | 84 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.