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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2007, 10:02 PM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 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
- Apr 29, 2007, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:53 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Quemado, TX | |
| Apr 29, 10:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Se Quemado, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN NORMANDY REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE |
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 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1523 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 300302 TOREWX TXC323-300400- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0024.070430T0302Z-070430T0400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1002 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF QUEMADO... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... QUEMADO BY 1045 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 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2906 10108 2885 10101 2876 10030 2907 10030 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KEWX 300317 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1015 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC323-300400- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070430T0400Z/ MAVERICK TX- 1015 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MAVERICK COUNTY... AT 1011 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... QUEMADO BY 1045 PM CDT... NORMANDY BY 1045 PM CDT.. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2906 10108 2885 10101 2876 10024 2907 10021 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 300329 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1026 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC323-300400- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070430T0400Z/ MAVERICK TX- 1026 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MAVERICK COUNTY... AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... QUEMADO BY 1045 PM CDT... NORMANDY BY 1045 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. 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. 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 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2897 10083 2877 10090 2867 10024 2896 10020 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 300336 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1031 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC323-300400- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070430T0400Z/ MAVERICK TX- 1031 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MAVERICK COUNTY... AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EAGLE PASS BY 1045 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORMS CONTAINS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2897 10083 2877 10090 2867 10024 2896 10020 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 300341 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1038 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC323-300400- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070430T0400Z/ MAVERICK TX- 1038 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR MAVERICK COUNTY... AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EAGLE PASS BY 1055 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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. 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 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2896 10077 2878 10082 2861 10027 2892 10019 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Maverick | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 21 min |
| Apr 29, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards | 4 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 7:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Kendall | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Kendall | 99 min |
| Apr 30, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 37 min |
| Apr 30, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 119 min |
| Apr 30, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 12:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 117 min |
| Apr 30, 1:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 30 days |
| Apr 30, 1:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 25 min |
| Apr 30, 1:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 79 min |
| Apr 30, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 118 min |
| Apr 30, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kerr | 114 min |
| Apr 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 18 min |
| Apr 30, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 2:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 2:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 113 min |
| Apr 30, 2:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 77 min |
| Apr 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 56 min |
| Apr 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Wilson | 113 min |
| Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 47 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.