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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 23, 2004Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 6:10 PM CST for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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, 6:10 PM CST (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 7:15 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frio 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, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 23, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -253 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 240010
TOREWX
TXC163-240115-
/X.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0029.041124T0010Z-041124T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  FRIO

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 612 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PEARSALL...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOORE AND BIG FOOT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER
YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 2908 9929 2864 9933 2866 9882 2910 9883

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 6:05 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa55 min
Nov 23, 6:07 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson53 min
Nov 23, 6:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson3 hr
Nov 23, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilson65 min
Nov 23, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa65 min
Nov 23, 7:08 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKarnes67 min
Nov 23, 7:13 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKarnes3 hr
Nov 23, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt57 min
Nov 23, 7:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt3 hr
Nov 23, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lee59 min
Nov 23, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca47 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.