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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 14, 2006Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 3:35 PM CDT for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. 4 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 14, 2006, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 14, 3:38 PM CDTTORNADO6 Wsw Florence, TXSHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT JUNCTION OF HWY 183 AND S STATE HWY 138 W OF FLORENCE.
May 14, 3:38 PM CDTTORNADOW Florence, TXSHERIFF REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT JUNCTION OF HWY 183 AND S STATE HWY 138 W OF FLORENCE.
May 14, 3:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Wsw Florence, TXTWO TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN INCLUDING A BARN. WIND APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT LINE. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 KTS. REPORT RELAYED TO NWS AT 505 PM.
May 14, 3:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Wsw Florence, TXROOF TORN OFF OF HOUSE.

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 14, 9:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 14, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-393 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 142035
TOREWX
TXC491-142100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0035.060514T2035Z-060514T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
335 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FLORENCE

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ANDICE...OR
  ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF BERTRAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FLORENCE AND GEORGETOWN DAM

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3059 9771 3064 9780 3076 9798 3089 9785
      3090 9785 3087 9777 3084 9775 3079 9761
      3077 9758

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
May 14, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano55 min
May 14, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson61 min
May 14, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie2 hr
May 14, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie28 min
May 14, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr61 min
May 14, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall57 min
May 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards46 min
May 14, 5:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real3 hr
May 14, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Real68 min
May 14, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr46 min
May 14, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney54 min
May 14, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera118 min
May 14, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales54 min
May 14, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt65 min
May 14, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards34 min
May 14, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina62 min
May 14, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde69 min
May 14, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes55 min
May 14, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney61 min
May 14, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick55 min
May 14, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKarnes31 min
May 14, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes34 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.