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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 19, 2006Blanco County, Comal County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2006, 10:05 PM CST for Blanco County, Comal County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 19, 2006, 10:05 PM CST (04:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2006, 10:38 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Blanco County, TX, Comal County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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.

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, 8:34 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 249 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: 1885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 11.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 200405
TOREWX
TXC031-091-200445-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0007.060320T0405Z-060320T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1005 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  BLANCO
  COMAL

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1000 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TWIN
  SISTERS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FISCHER.

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 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2985 9841 2995 9842 3006 9850 3015 9858
      3019 9844 3029 9821 3007 9830 3003 9830
      2996 9822

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KEWX 200420
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1018 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXC031-091-200445-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060320T0445Z/
BLANCO TX-COMAL TX-
1018 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR COMAL
AND BLANCO COUNTIES...

AT 1012 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FISCHER...OR ABOUT
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLANCO...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2985 9841 2995 9842 3006 9850 3015 9858
      3019 9844 3029 9821 3007 9830 3003 9830
      2996 9822

$$

000 
WWUS54 KEWX 200438
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1038 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXC031-091-200448-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060320T0445Z/
BLANCO TX-COMAL TX-
1038 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COMAL AND BLANCO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
400 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2985 9841 2995 9842 3006 9850 3015 9858
      3019 9844 3029 9821 3007 9830 3003 9830
      2996 9822

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 6:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Val Verde	17 min
Mar 19, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney	26 min
Mar 19, 7:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Real	66 min
Mar 19, 8:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kerr	47 min
Mar 19, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Kendall	56 min
Mar 19, 9:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Kendall	26 min
Mar 19, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Uvalde	63 min
Mar 19, 9:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Blanco, Comal	54 min
Mar 19, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	30 min
Mar 19, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Hays	49 min
Mar 19, 10:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	EWX	Uvalde	32 min
Mar 19, 10:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Medina	62 min
Mar 19, 11:20 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar	55 min
Mar 19, 11:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Medina	14 min
Mar 19, 11:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Frio	22 min
Mar 19, 11:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa	43 min
Mar 20, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Dimmit	25 min
Mar 20, 12:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bexar	60 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.