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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2004, 7:26 PM CDT for Kinney County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 28, 2004, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2004, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kinney County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 23 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
717
WFUS54 KEWX 290026
TORSAT
TXC271-465-290115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
724 PM CDT WED APR 28 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
VAL VERDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAUGHLIN
AFB...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL KINNEY COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT
RURAL VAL VERDE COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 2951 10077 2961 10066 2961 10039 2958 10034
2927 10074 2939 10087
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 50 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.