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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 2, 2000Blanco County, Comal County, Hays County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2000, 6:03 PM CST for Blanco County, Comal County, Hays 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 2000, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Blanco County, TX, Comal County, TX, Hays County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 2000-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1062 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 2000-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
1062 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 030005
TORSAT

TXC031-091-209-030100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
603 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 7 PM CST

* AT 603 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING JUST
  NORTHWEST OF FISCHER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLANCO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENLY AT 630 PM CST
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DRIFTWOOD AT 640 PM CST
  OVER DRIPPING SPRINGS AT 645 PM CST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 7:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall4 hr
Nov 2, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 4 more6 hr
Nov 3, 12:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde6 hr
Nov 3, 12:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr4 hr
Nov 3, 1:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real4 hr
Nov 3, 1:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie4 hr
Nov 3, 4:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde3 hr
Nov 3, 7:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde3 hr
Nov 3, 9:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis3 hr
Nov 3, 10:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real, Uvalde3 hr
Nov 3, 11:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr
Nov 3, 12:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
Nov 3, 2:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real, Val Verde4 hr
Nov 3, 2:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr, Llano3 hr
Nov 3, 3:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis3 hr
Nov 3, 3:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson2 hr
Nov 3, 4:57 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 3 more4 hr
Nov 3, 5:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano4 hr

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.