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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 28, 2000Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2000, 7:03 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Oct 28, 2000, 7:03 PM CDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Edwards County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 28, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2000-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1364 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 2000-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

560 
WFUS54 KEWX 290008 COR
TORSAT
TXC137-290100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED LOCATION AND MOVEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
708 PM CDT SAT OCT 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  EDWARDS COUNTY

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING OVER
  EDWARDS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SONORA...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
RURAL EDWARDS COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A WELL-BUILT BUILDING.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO A CENTRAL...SMALL ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR...SUCH AS A BATHROOM...CLOSET OR HALLWAY. STAY AWAY FROM
OUTSIDE WINDOWS AND DOORS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY.


LAT...LON 3028 10060 3018 10047 3011 9981 3028 9989

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards48 min
Oct 28, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie59 min
Oct 28, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie61 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.