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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 8, 2004Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2004, 8:26 PM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1958 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 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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.

991 
WFUS54 KEWX 090126
TORSAT
TXC325-090200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  MEDINA

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
  OF DHANIS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONDO...MOVING NORTH AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DHANIS BY 900 PM CDT

THE STORM WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS YANCEY.

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.

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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

LAT...LON 2910 9943 2910 9924 2917 9911 2937 9929

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMedina29 min
Jun 8, 8:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio, Medina3 hr
Jun 8, 8:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real3 hr
Jun 8, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala3 hr
Jun 8, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXZavala117 min
Jun 9, 4:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco4 hr
Jun 9, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano4 hr
Jun 9, 5:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera4 hr
Jun 9, 5:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr3 hr
Jun 9, 6:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde4 hr
Jun 9, 7:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall3 hr
Jun 9, 7:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco4 hr
Jun 9, 8:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano, Medina and 2 more4 hr
Jun 9, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Jun 9, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar3 hr
Jun 9, 11:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal3 hr
Jun 9, 11:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco2 hr
Jun 9, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson3 hr
Jun 9, 12:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
Jun 9, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal67 min
Jun 9, 12:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more3 hr
Jun 9, 1:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar3 hr
Jun 9, 1:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson4 hr
Jun 9, 1:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal4 hr
Jun 9, 3:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe, Hays, Wilson4 hr
Jun 9, 3:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 14 more4 hr
Jun 9, 4:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes3 hr
Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Lavaca, Lee6 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.