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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 16, 2001Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2001, 4:48 PM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 16, 2001, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lee County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 4:50 PM CDTHail 1Lincoln, 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 162147
TORSAT
TXC287-162230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
448 PM CDT MON APR 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTHWEST  
  OF LINCOLN OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF GIDDINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT    
  20 MPH.
7
* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...JUST EAST OF       
  GIDDINGS BY 515 PM CDT


LAT...LON 3032 9702 3020 9688 3028 9672 3042 9691

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal60 min
Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde63 min
Apr 16, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde57 min
Apr 16, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde62 min
Apr 16, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee65 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.