Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2001, 6:43 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- May 24, 2001, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Edwards County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Rocks Spgs, TX | The small and short-lived tornado was observed by sheriff's deputies as it touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was indicated. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 861 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
750 WFUS54 KEWX 242344 TORSAT TXC137-250045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 643 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... EDWARDS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 643 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING 21 MILES NORTH OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR ROCKSPRINGS AT 715 PM 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 3037 10002 3030 10021 2981 10059 2979 10006
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 59 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.