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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 28, 2000Caldwell County, Hays County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2000, 7:33 PM CST for Caldwell County, Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2000, 7:33 PM CST (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2000, 8:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Caldwell County, TX, Hays County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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
Mar 28, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1046 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
1046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 290137 COR
TORSAT
TXC055-209-290215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
733 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2000

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

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  HAYS COUNTY
  CALDWELL COUNTY

* UNTIL 815 PM CST

* AT 733 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KYLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIMBERLEY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

.END/ LAT...LON 3014 9800 2997 9799 2982 9760 2994 9763

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:16 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco59 min
Mar 28, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXHays52 min
Mar 28, 6:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar64 min
Mar 28, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina40 min
Mar 28, 6:53 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBexar67 min
Mar 28, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHall24 min
Mar 28, 7:54 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Wilson51 min
Mar 29, 2:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano56 min
Mar 29, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
Mar 29, 4:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet60 min
Mar 29, 6:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays27 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.