Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2007, 8:49 PM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 23, 2007, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2007, 9:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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 23, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 105 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1353 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KEWX 240149
TOREWX
TXC271-240245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0017.070424T0149Z-070424T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
849 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18
MILES WEST OF BRACKETTVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BRACKETTVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF ALAMO VILLAGE BY 930 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 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2926 10074 2933 10074 2934 10071 2937 10070
2955 10069 2958 10067 2954 10023 2913 10036
2921 10071 2924 10076 2925 10076
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KEWX 240156
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
852 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
TXC271-240245-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070424T0245Z/
KINNEY TX-
852 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR KINNEY
COUNTY...
AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 19 MILES WEST OF
BRACKETTVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOUTHEAST OF DEL RIO AT
834 PM CDT. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST AND COULD
THREATEN THE BRACKETTVILLE AREA TOWARD 10 PM. HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL
SIZE IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2926 10074 2933 10074 2934 10071 2937 10070
2955 10069 2958 10067 2954 10023 2913 10036
2921 10071 2924 10076 2925 10076
$$000
WWUS54 KEWX 240205
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
905 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
TXC271-240245-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070424T0245Z/
KINNEY TX-
905 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR KINNEY
COUNTY...
AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF
BRACKETTVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ALAMO
VILLAGE. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO THREATEN TRAVELLERS ALONG US
HIGHWAY 90.
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 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2926 10074 2933 10074 2934 10071 2937 10070
2955 10069 2958 10067 2954 10023 2913 10036
2921 10071 2924 10076 2925 10076
$$000
WWUS54 KEWX 240226
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
926 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
TXC271-240236-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070424T0245Z/
KINNEY TX-
926 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KINNEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR DEL RIO HAS SINCE WEAKENED
TO BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. NO OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2926 10074 2933 10074 2934 10071 2937 10070
2955 10069 2958 10067 2954 10023 2913 10036
2921 10071 2924 10076 2925 10076
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Apr 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 8:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 22 more | 26 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Maverick | 54 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.