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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 19, 2002Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2002, 5:29 PM CST for Maverick 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2002, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2002, 6:30 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Maverick County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2002-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1251 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 2002-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 192329
TORSAT
TXC323-200030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
528 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 528 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING 29
  MILES WEST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR EAGLE PASS AT 600 PM.  


LAT...LON 2888 10093 2871 10098 2844 10015 2874 10014

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde94 min
Mar 19, 1:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde35 min
Mar 19, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde61 min
Mar 19, 2:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde51 min
Mar 19, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde25 min
Mar 19, 3:19 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXEdwards26 min
Mar 19, 3:28 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde32 min
Mar 19, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney33 min
Mar 19, 4:07 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde53 min
Mar 19, 4:18 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXEdwards27 min
Mar 19, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal63 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.