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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 25, 2005Travis County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2005, 9:41 PM CST for Travis 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
Mar 25, 2005, 9:41 PM CST (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2005, 10:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Travis County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-26Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 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 260341
TOREWX
TXC453-260415-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0003.050326T0341Z-050326T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
941 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  TRAVIS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 937 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MANOR...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GARFIELD.

LAT...LON 3040 9763 3023 9767 3012 9761 3022 9750
      3043 9738

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 260346
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
946 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

TXC453-260415-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050326T0415Z/
TRAVIS TX-
946 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR TRAVIS COUNTY...

AT 943 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MANOR...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PFLUGERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GARFIELD.

A VEHICLE IS EASILY ROLLED AND CRUSHED BY A TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO
OUTRUN ONE. IF NO STRONG BUILDING IS CLOSE...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND
TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3040 9763 3023 9767 3012 9761 3022 9750
      3043 9738

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 260355
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
954 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

TXC453-260415-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050326T0415Z/
TRAVIS TX-
954 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR TRAVIS COUNTY...

AT 949 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MANOR...OR ABOUT 7
MILES WEST OF ELGIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO SIGNATURE WILL MOVE INTO BASTROP COUNTY AND APPROACH 
THE CITY OF ELGIN BY 1015 PM. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRAVIS 
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THAT TIME.

A VEHICLE IS EASILY ROLLED AND CRUSHED BY A TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO
OUTRUN ONE. IF NO STRONG BUILDING IS CLOSE...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND
TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3040 9763 3023 9767 3012 9761 3022 9750
      3043 9738

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 260408
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1007 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

TXC453-260417-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050326T0415Z/
TRAVIS TX-
1007 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TRAVIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER OVER TRAVIS COUNTY 
AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS SINCE MOVED EAST INTO BASTROP COUNTY. A 
PORTION OF THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD STILL PRODUCE MARBLE SIZED HAIL 
OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TRAVIS COUNTY BEFORE EXITING BY 1020 PM.

LAT...LON 3040 9763 3023 9767 3012 9761 3022 9750
      3043 9738

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
Mar 25, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Mar 25, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie64 min
Mar 25, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Hays, Travis65 min
Mar 25, 9:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee65 min
Mar 25, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBastrop33 min
Mar 26, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde56 min
Mar 26, 6:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards67 min
Mar 26, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie54 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 min

Nearby

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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.