Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2001

Tornado Warning 33, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 15, 2001Gonzales County, Karnes County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 1:29 PM CST for Gonzales County, Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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 15, 2001, 1:29 PM CST (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2001, 2:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 11:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2001-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

512 
WFUS54 KEWX 151930
TORSAT
TXC177-255-152030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
129 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  GONZALES
  KARNES

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 129 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION THAT MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
  TIME 15 MILES SOUTH OF SMILEY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  KARNES CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SMILEY AT 200 PM
  WRIGHTSBORO AT 215 PM
  GONZALES AT 225 PM

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  SMILEY

THIS STORM PRODUCED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT THE CONNOLY UNIT 
NEAR KARNES.  

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 2914 9782 2905 9772 2933 9743 2942 9760

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 6:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Travis2 hr
Nov 14, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde60 min
Nov 14, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina55 min
Nov 14, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick73 min
Nov 14, 9:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa67 min
Nov 14, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera73 min
Nov 15, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala52 min
Nov 15, 2:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina, Real2 hr
Nov 15, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal58 min
Nov 15, 4:52 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXKendall38 min
Nov 15, 5:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde3 hr
Nov 15, 6:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Kendall3 hr
Nov 15, 6:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Nov 15, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
Nov 15, 6:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano3 hr
Nov 15, 8:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards3 hr
Nov 15, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 14 more4 hr
Nov 15, 9:32 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Hays43 min
Nov 15, 10:19 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Hays, Travis41 min
Nov 15, 10:55 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis50 min
Nov 15, 11:37 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson53 min
Nov 15, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes50 min
Nov 15, 12:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina2 hr
Nov 15, 1:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays and 4 more4 hr
Nov 15, 2:29 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGonzales61 min
Nov 15, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXHays, Travis62 min
Nov 15, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXComal, Hays34 min
Nov 15, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson63 min
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 13 more4 hr
Nov 15, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson56 min
Nov 15, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe61 min
Nov 15, 5:50 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson70 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.