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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 16, 2002Bexar County, Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2002, 6:41 PM CDT for Bexar County, Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2002, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2002, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bexar County, TX, Kendall County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2002-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 791 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 2002-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 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
791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 162341
TORSAT
TXC029-259-170030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
640 PM CDT TUE APR 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  KENDALL
  BEXAR

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING JUST 
  NORTHWEST OF HELOTES SOUTHWEST OF SCENIC OAKS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES 
  SOUTH OF BOERNE...  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER SCENIC OAKS AT 655 PM
  2 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIR OAKS RANCH AT 705 PM

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  SCENIC OAKS
  FAIR OAKS RANCH


LAT...LON 2966 9884 2951 9877 2973 9863 2992 9863

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa58 min
Apr 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Wilson43 min
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Wilson56 min
Apr 16, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Guadalupe58 min
Apr 16, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes62 min
Apr 16, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Hays44 min
Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Kendall, Medina55 min
Apr 16, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Karnes29 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.