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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 17, 2007Gonzales County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2007, 6:35 PM CST for Gonzales County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Nov 17, 2007, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2007, 7:00 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Gonzales County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2007-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1832 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 2007-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 180035
TOREWX
TXC177-180100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0036.071118T0035Z-071118T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
635 PM CST SAT NOV 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GONZALES COUNTY...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST.

* AT 634 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GONZALES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GONZALES BY 640 PM CST...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAELDER BY 700 PM CST...

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 2973 9738 2971 9724 2965 9717 2941 9744
      2942 9761 2945 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 216DEG 18KT 2948 9745

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 180043
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
641 PM CST SAT NOV 17 2007

TXC177-180100-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071118T0100Z/
GONZALES TX-
641 PM CST SAT NOV 17 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR GONZALES
COUNTY...

AT 639 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GONZALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE NEW YORK...9 MILES SOUTH OF WAELDER AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  THOMPSONVILLE BY 700 PM CST...

A SECOND THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR MONTHALIA OR AROUND 7 MILES WEST 
OF GONZALES IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO AS IT MOVES 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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 2973 9738 2971 9724 2965 9717 2941 9744
      2942 9761 2945 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 216DEG 18KT 2950 9741

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 180109
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
706 PM CST SAT NOV 17 2007

TXC177-180116-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-071118T0100Z/
GONZALES TX-
706 PM CST SAT NOV 17 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GONZALES COUNTY EXPIRED AT 700 PM CST...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED A THREAT OF TORNADOES OVER GONZALES 
COUNTY HAVE TEMPORARILY WEAKENED. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN 
IN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR BRIEF TORNADO FORMATION THROUGH 
AROUND 8 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.


LAT...LON 2973 9738 2971 9724 2965 9717 2941 9744
      2942 9761 2945 9766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 216DEG 18KT 2951 9740

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 7:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales9 hr
Nov 17, 9:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette7 hr
Nov 17, 11:19 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 23 more11 hr
Nov 18, 2:39 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Nov 18, 6:02 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
Nov 18, 6:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr

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.