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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 7, 2002Kinney County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2002, 4:21 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2002, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2002, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kinney County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 41 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 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
1329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 072121
TORSAT
TXC271-072145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
422 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  KINNEY

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING 30
  MILES WEST OF BRACKETTVILLE...OR ABOUT OVER DEL RIO...MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  6 MILES NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE AT 440 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde56 min
Apr 7, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde41 min
Apr 7, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde16 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney62 min
Apr 7, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney61 min
Apr 7, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde60 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.