Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 15, 2001, 8:46 PM CST for Edwards County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 15, 2001, 8:46 PM CST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2001, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Edwards County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Loma Alta, TX |
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 nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 83 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 160248 TORSAT TXC137-465-160315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 846 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... EDWARDS COUNTY VAL VERDE COUNTY * UNTIL 915 PM CST * AT 846 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION THAT MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF DEL RIO... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR LOMA ALTA AND CARTA VALLEY AT 900 PM CST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDEg...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 2987 10105 2970 10098 2989 10034 3010 10043
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 8:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 46 min |
| Feb 15, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Real, Uvalde | 55 min |
| Feb 15, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 12:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 12:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 1:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 45 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.