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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 2, 2007Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2007, 3:50 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
May 2, 2007, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 12:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1853 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
1853 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 022051
TOREWX
TXC137-022130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0027.070502T2050Z-070502T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
350 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG
  THE EDWARDS AND SUTTON COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF 
  SONORA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EDWARDS COUNTY AT 410 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 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3041 10063 3021 10067 3012 10020 3041 10016

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 022110
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
408 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXC137-022130-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070502T2130Z/
EDWARDS TX-
408 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EDWARDS
COUNTY...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ALONG THE EDWARDS
AND SUTTON COUNTY LINE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKSPRINGS
...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EDWARDS COUNTY AT 420 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3041 10063 3021 10067 3012 10020 3041 10016

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 022127
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
427 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

TXC137-022137-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070502T2130Z/
EDWARDS TX-
427 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EDWARDS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3041 10063 3021 10067 3012 10020 3041 10016

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis36 min
May 1, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGillespie21 min
May 1, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie43 min
May 1, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Travis25 min
May 1, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano3 hr
May 1, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
May 1, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop33 min
May 1, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie50 min
May 1, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr23 min
May 1, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina46 min
May 1, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards35 min
May 1, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina47 min
May 1, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar66 min
May 1, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde49 min
May 1, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina27 min
May 2, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards57 min
May 2, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa66 min
May 2, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards32 min
May 2, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney24 min
May 2, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 23 more24 hr
May 2, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde33 min
May 2, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano28 min
May 2, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie64 min
May 2, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal, Uvalde54 min
May 2, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
May 2, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde61 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.