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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 4, 2006Gillespie County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT for Gillespie County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 reports 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
May 4, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2006, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gillespie County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 9:30 PM CDTHAIL 112 Nnw Fredericksburg, TX
May 4, 9:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.256 N Fredericksburg, TX
May 4, 9:50 PM CDTHAIL 35 S Willow City, TXIN GOLD. WINDOWS ON N SIDE OF HOUSE BROKEN OUT. CAR WINDSHIELD BROKEN OUT.
May 4, 10:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFredericksburg, TXCONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES, TREES DOWN, FLOODED ROADS.
May 4, 10:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 E Fredericksburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2006-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 050231
TOREWX
TXC171-050315-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0031.060505T0230Z-060505T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
930 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  GILLESPIE

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 930 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST  
  OF FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3048 9920 3027 9918 3027 9867 3046 9864

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 050248
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
944 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXC171-050315-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-060505T0315Z/
GILLESPIE TX-
944 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
GILLESPIE COUNTY...

AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LBJ STATE PARK TO 15 MILES WEST OF 
FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR NEAR 
FREDERICKSBURG. TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

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 3044 9911 3015 9920 3014 9860 3047 9860

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano56 min
May 4, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano30 min
May 4, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie65 min
May 4, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson67 min
May 4, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano45 min
May 4, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit38 min
May 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis97 min
May 4, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco53 min
May 4, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio58 min
May 4, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall56 min
May 4, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays61 min
May 4, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal81 min
May 4, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie43 min
May 4, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson42 min
May 4, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar95 min
May 4, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco63 min
May 4, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr58 min
May 4, 10:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall3 hr
May 4, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee93 min
May 4, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall62 min
May 4, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis23 min
May 4, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell81 min
May 4, 10:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar4 hr
May 4, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays43 min
May 4, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina41 min
May 4, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera71 min
May 4, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe69 min
May 4, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal47 min
May 4, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar46 min
May 5, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr29 min
May 5, 1:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
May 5, 3:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 22 more33 hr
May 5, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.