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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 11, 2003Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2003, 8:58 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 11, 2003, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Val Verde County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3297 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
3297 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

898 
WFUS54 KEWX 120158
TORSAT
TXC465-120300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
854 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  VAL VERDE

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 900 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY TO SOUTH
OF JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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.


LAT...LON 2988 10169 2971 10122 2933 10079 3026 10075
          3026 10171

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde59 min
Jun 11, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde61 min
Jun 11, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde66 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.