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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 16, 2000Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2000, 4:43 PM CST for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2000, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2000, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 16, 5:10 PM CST	Tornado F0	Pflugerville, TX	A small and short-lived tornado was observed by Sheriff's Department Officers.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 162246
TORSAT
TXC453-491-162315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
443 PM CST THU MAR 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  TRAVIS COUNTY
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 443 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A LIKELY TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF ROUND ROCK...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* A TORNDADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THIS THUNDERSTORM.  GOLFBALL SIZE
  HAIL ALSO HAS BEEN REPORTED.  THIS STORM HAS BUILT SOUTHWARD INTO
  NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY AND LIKELY WILL AFFECT PARTS OF AUSTIN.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
STAY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.

.END/ LAT...LON 3062 9778 3032 9772 3053 9720 3079 9741

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 3:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet	65 min
Mar 16, 3:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Williamson	60 min
Mar 16, 4:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Williamson	37 min
Mar 16, 4:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Comal	43 min
Mar 16, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar	61 min
Mar 16, 5:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Hays	52 min
Mar 16, 5:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Travis, Williamson	27 min
Mar 16, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Comal	62 min
Mar 16, 5:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop	63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.