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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 8, 2004Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2004, 6:58 PM CDT for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 8, 2004, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2004-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 888 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 2004-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
888 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 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 082358
TORSAT
TXC163-090030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
657 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  FRIO

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER FRIO
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEARSALL...MOVING NORTH AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL FRIO COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT

THIS STORM WILL BE BETWEEN FRIO TOWN AND MOORE ALONG HIGHWAYS 57 AND 
140.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 2907 9935 2890 9919 2908 9908

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 9:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca3 hr
Jun 8, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee3 hr
Jun 8, 2:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Jun 8, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio, Medina3 hr

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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.