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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 23, 2004Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 1:38 PM CST for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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
Nov 23, 2004, 1:38 PM CST (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 2:30 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 8:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1924 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 231940
TOREWX
TXC149-232030-
/X.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0019.041123T1938Z-041123T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
138 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  FAYETTE

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 131 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 
  IN THE CITY OF LA GRANGE. THIS DANGEROUS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 
  COULD CONTAIN A TORNADO OVER LAKE FAYETTE...AND IS MOVING     
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2984 9700 2964 9706 2964 9689 2983 9673
      2997 9658 3014 9668

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 8:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLavaca3 hr
Nov 23, 8:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis54 min
Nov 23, 9:19 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Nov 23, 9:33 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall4 hr
Nov 23, 9:44 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis31 min
Nov 23, 10:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal59 min
Nov 23, 10:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson66 min
Nov 23, 10:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays67 min
Nov 23, 10:38 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson22 min
Nov 23, 10:59 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson16 min
Nov 23, 11:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell55 min
Nov 23, 11:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis34 min
Nov 23, 11:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop64 min
Nov 23, 1:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette56 min
Nov 23, 1:09 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFayette36 min
Nov 23, 3:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick74 min
Nov 23, 3:36 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXMaverick24 min
Nov 23, 3:58 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXMaverick, Zavala62 min
Nov 23, 4:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson67 min
Nov 23, 4:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie65 min
Nov 23, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano63 min
Nov 23, 4:58 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXZavala32 min
Nov 23, 5:08 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXMaverick37 min
Nov 23, 5:17 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFrio58 min
Nov 23, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala62 min
Nov 23, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXZavala58 min
Nov 23, 5:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet54 min
Nov 23, 5:51 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBurnet54 min

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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.