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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 19, 2002Medina County, Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2002, 6:39 PM CST for Medina County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2002, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2002, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 19, 6:50 PM CST	Hail 4	Sabinal, TX	A boy who had been bow-hunting outdoors was hit by the large hail. He was knocked unconscious, but recovered shortly after being taken to a hospital.
Mar 19, 6:50 PM CST	Tornado F0	Sabinal, TX	A small and short-lived tornado was observed near Sabinal by a law enforcement officer. Reports of the tornado were also called in by the public. It struck approximately 3 miles northwest of Sabinal and tracked toward the east northeast before dissipating. T

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 19, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 273 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 932 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -500 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 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 200039
TORSAT
TXC325-463-200130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  MEDINA
  UVALDE

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 637 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING 5 MILES
  WEST OF SABINAL...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF UVALDE...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST 
STAYING JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90.  IT WILL BE NEAR DHANIS AROUND 7 
PM.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
STAY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. LAT...LON 2941 9958
2926 9947 2956 9884 2962 9918

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Uvalde	52 min
Mar 19, 6:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Zavala	42 min
Mar 19, 6:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet	52 min
Mar 19, 6:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Frio, Zavala	35 min
Mar 19, 7:03 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Bexar	57 min
Mar 19, 7:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	60 min
Mar 19, 7:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson	54 min
Mar 19, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Maverick	62 min
Mar 19, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Comal	25 min
Mar 19, 8:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Hays	61 min
Mar 19, 8:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gonzales	55 min
Mar 19, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis	57 min
Mar 19, 9:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit	60 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.