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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 19, 2006Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2006, 5:43 AM CST for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2006, 5:43 AM CST (11:43 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2006, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 19, 6:04 AM CST	HAIL 0.88	Rocksprings, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 19, 2:05 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1421 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 7.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 191143
TOREWX
TXC137-191215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0001.060319T1143Z-060319T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
543 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  EDWARDS

* UNTIL 615 AM CST

* AT 536 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2984 10074 2972 10059 2980 10007 3032 9992

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KEWX 191150
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
550 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXC137-191215-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060319T1215Z/
EDWARDS TX-
550 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR EDWARDS
COUNTY...

AT 545 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKSPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2984 10074 2972 10059 2980 10007 3032 9992

$$

000 
WWUS54 KEWX 191210
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
608 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXC137-191215-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060319T1215Z/
EDWARDS TX-
608 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CST FOR EDWARDS
COUNTY...

AT 601 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN 
THE CITY OF ROCKSPRINGS. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES EAST OF 
ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2984 10074 2972 10059 2980 10007 3032 9992

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 8:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	65 min
Mar 18, 10:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards	65 min
Mar 19, 5:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards	58 min
Mar 19, 5:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Real	32 min
Mar 19, 6:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Edwards	18 min
Mar 19, 6:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kerr	42 min
Mar 19, 7:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Gillespie	40 min
Mar 19, 7:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Llano	62 min
Mar 19, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet	42 min
Mar 19, 5:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Val Verde	42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.