Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 7:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 58 min |
| Mar 25, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Hays, Travis | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 33 min |
| Mar 26, 6:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 6:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 9:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 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.