9 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Houston radar (KHGX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:10 UTC.
9 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Brazoria County Sheriff reported a brief tornado three miles east of Juliff moving northeast. Power outages occurred in northwest Brazoria County in the community of Manvel and Iowa Colony.
The Liberty County Emergency Management reported a tornado crossing FM 1960 five miles west of Dayton. The tornado was spawned from the same super cell thunderstorm that spawned the tornado east of Juliff, in Brazoria County at 0710 CST. Post storm aerial survey by National Weather Services Meteorologist located trees down.
The Lake Houston dam operator reported a tornado moving northeast across Lake Houston. The tornado lifted back into the parent thunderstorm before reaching the eastern shore of Lake Houston.
The Lake Houston dam operator reported a tornado moving northeast across Lake Houston. The tornado lifted back into the parent thunderstorm before reaching the eastern shore of Lake Houston.
Tornado touched down north of Huffman moved northeast into Liberty County where it dissipated. The thunderstorm is the same super cell that spawned the tornado in downtown Houston and over Lake Houston. This track was surveyed by air by a National Weather Services Meteorologist. Only damage noted was down trees along this path.
The County Sheriffs Office reported trees down across Highway 190 east of Woodville.
The Liberty County Emergency Management reported numerous tornado sightings from east of Cleveland to Rye. Aerial survey by National Weather Services Meteorologist revealed trees down five miles SSW of Romayor.
The Polk County Sheriff Department reported a tornado with debris two miles north of Holly Grove. The tornado was spawned from the same super cell thunderstorm that went through downtown Houston and across Lake Houston.
Houston Power and Light Company lost two long line transmission circuits in Mont Belvieu.
Numerous trees were blown down in the Channelview area as a squall line moved southeast across the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1993Warnings in Texas, November 1993
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10348301, 10354492, 10349974, 10349975, 10349976, 10354493, 10355941, 10354494, 10353618, 10347688, 10349977.