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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 29, 1993Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1993, 6:52 PM CST for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1993, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1993, 8:00 PM CST
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kinney County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1266 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
12.5

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 6:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney55 min
Mar 29, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde42 min
Mar 29, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde58 min
Mar 29, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde60 min
Mar 29, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala66 min
Mar 29, 9:37 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXZavala41 min
Mar 29, 9:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio58 min
Mar 29, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min
Mar 30, 12:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal41 min
Mar 30, 12:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr58 min
Mar 30, 12:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal66 min
Mar 30, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney63 min
Mar 30, 1:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera60 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.