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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 3, 2007Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 10:27 PM CDT for Fayette 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
Jun 3, 2007, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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
Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1327 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 040327
TOREWX
TXC149-040400-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0033.070604T0327Z-070604T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1027 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  MULDOON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF FLATONIA...MOVING EAST AT 20
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL FAYETTE COUNTY AT 1040 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.

LAT...LON 2994 9717 2976 9721 2966 9682 2988 9677

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 040346
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXC149-040400-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070604T0400Z/
FAYETTE TX-
1045 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR FAYETTE
COUNTY...

THE STRONGEST INDICATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TORNADO OVER 
FAYETTE COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED...HOWEVER...IT IS STILL POSSIBLE THAT 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE TO NO WARNING. 
ANY ONE IN FAYETTE COUNTY IS ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO THE ONGOING 
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IF 
NECESSARY. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2994 9717 2976 9721 2966 9682 2988 9677

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 040402
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXC149-040411-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070604T0400Z/
FAYETTE TX-
1101 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL OVER FAYETTE COUNTY...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM. HOWEVER...TORNADIC 
ACTIVITY IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2994 9717 2976 9721 2966 9682 2988 9677

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano70 min
Jun 3, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis59 min
Jun 3, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet57 min
Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie63 min
Jun 3, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop55 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson2 hr
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco60 min
Jun 3, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBlanco34 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis61 min
Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays58 min
Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Comal, Medina56 min
Jun 3, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde53 min
Jun 3, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Real60 min
Jun 3, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Guadalupe59 min
Jun 3, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde37 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Wilson62 min
Jun 3, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Maverick, Zavala58 min
Jun 3, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop53 min
Jun 3, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa58 min
Jun 3, 9:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis, Williamson2 hr
Jun 3, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette60 min
Jun 3, 10:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde39 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes64 min
Jun 3, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca67 min
Jun 3, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick39 min
Jun 3, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Jun 3, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette18 min
Jun 4, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet33 min
Jun 4, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano27 min
Jun 4, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson56 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson65 min
Jun 4, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop63 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Lee39 min
Jun 4, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca48 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Wilson52 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.