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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2007, 6:49 PM CDT for Bandera County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
- Apr 13, 2007, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bandera County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 16 Nnw Leakey, TX | 1 1/2 HAIL AT PRADE RANCH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KEWX 132349
TOREWX
TXC019-265-385-140015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0012.070413T2349Z-070414T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
649 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BANDERA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 34
MILES WEST OF KERR WILDLIFE MGMT AREA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF
ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL REAL COUNTY AT 700 PM CDT
RURAL KERR COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT
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 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3009 9949 2987 9951 2992 9999 2992 10000
3001 9999 3003 9997 3009 9997 3008 9977
3010 9976 3010 9952
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KEWX 140002
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
702 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
TXC019-265-385-140015-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070414T0015Z/
KERR TX-REAL TX-BANDERA TX-
702 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
BANDERA...REAL AND KERR COUNTIES...
AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 26 MILES WEST OF KERR
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF
ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES WEST OF KERR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 715 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER
YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER
PROTECTION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3009 9949 2987 9951 2992 9999 2992 10000
3001 9999 3003 9997 3009 9997 3008 9977
3010 9976 3010 9952
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:34 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Bandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick and 5 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 54 min |
| Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 32 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.