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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 1, 2005Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2005, 3:39 AM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 1, 2005, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2005, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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 2005-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3659 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 010839
TOREWX
TXC325-010915-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0009.050601T0839Z-050601T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
339 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  MEDINA

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 333 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES NORTH
  OF DHANIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MICO...HONDO...RIO MEDINA...
  YANCEY...NATALIA...LACOSTE...DEVINE AND CASTROVILLE.

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 2962 9941 2962 9899 2957 9899 2955 9897
      2956 9893 2968 9882 2935 9882 2933 9881
      2909 9882 2909 9941

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 010844
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
343 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

TXC325-010915-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050601T0915Z/
MEDINA TX-
343 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR MEDINA COUNTY...

AT 339 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
DHANIS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF HONDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MICO...RIO MEDINA...YANCEY...
NATALIA...LACOSTE...DEVINE AND CASTROVILLE.

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 2962 9941 2962 9899 2957 9899 2955 9897
      2956 9893 2968 9882 2935 9882 2933 9881
      2909 9882 2909 9941

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 010859
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
358 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

TXC325-010915-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050601T0915Z/
MEDINA TX-
358 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR MEDINA COUNTY...

AT 354 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG SIGNS THAT A TORNADO 
IS OCCURRING. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF HONDO...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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 2962 9941 2962 9899 2957 9899 2955 9897
      2956 9893 2968 9882 2935 9882 2933 9881
      2909 9882 2909 9941

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr60 min
Jun 1, 1:34 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards41 min
Jun 1, 1:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano61 min
Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr66 min
Jun 1, 1:58 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXReal32 min
Jun 1, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera60 min
Jun 1, 2:26 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real34 min
Jun 1, 2:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall58 min
Jun 1, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano67 min
Jun 1, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Real62 min
Jun 1, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards67 min
Jun 1, 3:01 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Kendall29 min
Jun 1, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson56 min
Jun 1, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina58 min
Jun 1, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kendall, Kerr, Real3 hr
Jun 1, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real65 min
Jun 1, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal63 min
Jun 1, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde53 min
Jun 1, 3:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe, Medina2 hr
Jun 1, 4:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca4 hr
Jun 1, 4:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal115 min
Jun 1, 4:11 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXMedina34 min
Jun 1, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes64 min
Jun 1, 5:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala53 min
Jun 1, 6:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala39 min
Jun 1, 6:32 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXZavala23 min
Jun 1, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.