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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2006, 3:58 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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, 2006, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 282059 TOREWX TXC465-282200- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0022.060428T2058Z-060428T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 358 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3011 10157 2986 10139 2983 10086 3027 10088 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KEWX 282113 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 411 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXC465-282200- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060428T2200Z/ VAL VERDE TX- 411 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTH OF JUNO BY 420 PM CDT A VEHICLE IS EASILY ROLLED AND CRUSHED BY A TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN ONE. IF NO STRONG BUILDING IS CLOSE...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3011 10157 2986 10139 2983 10086 3027 10088 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 282134 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 434 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 TXC465-282200- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-060428T2200Z/ VAL VERDE TX- 434 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY... AT 432 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOMA ALTA AT 450 PM CDT 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3011 10157 2986 10139 2981 10071 3027 10069 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 15 min |
| Apr 28, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 34 min |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 35 min |
| Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 37 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.