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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

May 2, 2025Harris County, Liberty County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2025, 1:37 PM CDT for Harris County, Liberty County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2025, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2025, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Harris County, TX, Liberty County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2025-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1822 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2025-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 2, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 12:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 11:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
Issued by National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1114 AM CDT Fri May 2 2025

TXZ178-179-199-200-021700-
San Jacinto TX-Northern Liberty TX-Polk TX-Montgomery TX-
1114 AM CDT Fri May 2 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHEASTERN SAN JACINTO...NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK
COUNTIES THROUGH NOON CDT...

At 1114 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles north of Hardin, or 10 miles southwest of Thicket, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Livingston, Shepherd, Hardin, Plum Grove, Kenefick,
Goodrich, North Cleveland, Dayton Lakes, Tarkington Prairie, Segno,
Moss Hill, Romayor, and Rye.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 9454 3049 9473 3023 9464 3017 9472
      3008 9496 3032 9516 3071 9492 3055 9455
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 211DEG 30KT 3029 9477

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
Issued by National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1204 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

TXZ178-179-200-021730-
San Jacinto TX-Northern Liberty TX-Polk TX-
1204 PM CDT Fri May 2 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SAN JACINTO...
NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY AND POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM CDT...

At 1204 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Goodrich, or 10 miles south of Livingston, moving northeast at 55
mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Livingston, Shepherd, Coldspring, Goodrich, North
Cleveland, Seven Oaks, Lake Livingston State Park, Alabama-Coushatta
Reservation, West Livingston, Leggett, Moscow, Tarkington Prairie,
Segno, Romayor, and Rye.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3049 9464 3049 9473 3041 9471 3026 9483
      3041 9526 3099 9493 3088 9463 3059 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 205DEG 48KT 3056 9496

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
Special weather statement, May 2, 12:38 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 2, 1:09 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison, Walker27 min
May 1, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXGrimes, Madison, Montgomery, Walker30 min
May 1, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto, Walker33 min
May 1, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto31 min
May 1, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson26 min
May 1, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery, San Jacinto33 min
May 1, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson32 min
May 1, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXSan Jacinto31 min
May 1, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson, Washington30 min
May 1, 10:43 PM CDTRip Current StatementHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Matagorda22 hr
May 2, 11:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty46 min
May 2, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXPolk, San Jacinto26 min
May 2, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery23 min
May 2, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery30 min
May 2, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller37 min
May 2, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty40 min
May 2, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWaller25 min
May 2, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Waller23 min
May 2, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty47 min
May 2, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery25 min
May 2, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery33 min
May 2, 2:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXLiberty2 hr
May 2, 2:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXAustin, Fort Bend, Waller119 min
May 2, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado26 min
May 2, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXHarris, Liberty, Montgomery113 min
May 2, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado34 min
May 2, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXWalker23 min
May 2, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXHarris, Liberty32 min
May 2, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Trinity, Walker66 min
May 2, 3:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXColorado3 hr
May 2, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado44 min
May 2, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty51 min
May 2, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBrazos, Houston, Madison36 min
May 2, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado60 min
May 2, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXBurleson29 min
May 2, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker48 min
May 2, 4:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Walker and 1 more2 hr
May 2, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado45 min
May 2, 5:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryHGXGrimes, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker4 hr
May 2, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHGXAustin, Colorado18 min
May 2, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXMontgomery25 min
May 2, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXColorado53 min
May 2, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXLiberty27 min
May 2, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHGXHarris36 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.