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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 12, 2000Bastrop County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2000, 2:18 PM CST for Bastrop 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
Nov 12, 2000, 2:18 PM CST (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2000, 3:15 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bastrop County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 12, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 622 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 12:00Z on 2000-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 122019
TORSAT

TXC021-122115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
218 PM CST SUN NOV 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 218 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION THAT MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
  TIME 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSANKY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST    
  OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  A SECOND THUNDERSTORM
  WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BASTROP...MOVING IN THE   
  SAME SPEED AND DIRECTION.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSANKY AT 230 PM CST
  OVER SMITHVILLE AT 255 PM CST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER+ IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.


LAT...LON 2994 9749 2980 9733 3002 9706 3030 9717

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 1:07 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette63 min
Nov 12, 1:13 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell47 min
Nov 12, 1:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca48 min
Nov 12, 1:59 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette61 min
Nov 12, 2:31 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXHays59 min
Nov 12, 2:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette63 min
Nov 12, 3:03 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGonzales, Lavaca57 min
Nov 12, 3:06 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell54 min
Nov 12, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBastrop63 min
Nov 12, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca48 min
Nov 12, 4:29 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette61 min
Nov 12, 4:49 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Wilson56 min
Nov 12, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGonzales53 min
Nov 12, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXLavaca61 min
Nov 12, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson62 min
Nov 12, 5:55 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca65 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.