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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 8, 1997Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1997, 10:06 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
Jun 8, 1997, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1997, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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
Jun 8, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1997-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2203 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSAT 090307 RRA
TORSAT
TXC137-090415-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1006 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EDWARDS COUNTY
 
AT 10 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON HIGHWAY 277...7 MILES SOU
OF THE INTERSECTION WITH HWY 55. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15
MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES.  GO TO THE CENTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
BUILDING...COVER YOUR HEAD.  STAY AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS.  DO
NOT STAY IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde116 min
Jun 8, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde56 min
Jun 8, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano35 min
Jun 8, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde64 min
Jun 8, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr
Jun 8, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jun 8, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Jun 8, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Jun 9, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Jun 9, 12:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet4 hr
Jun 9, 2:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jun 9, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Jun 9, 2:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson3 hr
Jun 9, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Jun 9, 5:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal4 hr

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.