Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2007, 10:26 AM CDT for Hays County, Texas. It was in force for 19 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
- Mar 30, 2007, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hays County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:28 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Dripping Springs, TX | |
| Mar 30, 10:30 AM CDT | TORNADO | Sw Dripping Springs, TX | UNCONFIRMED TOUCH DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 1603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 301526 TOREWX TXC209-301545- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0009.070330T1526Z-070330T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1026 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS REISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS... * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HENLY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF DRIPPING SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DRIPPING SPRINGS BY 1045 AM 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 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3004 9829 2999 9819 3024 9803 3034 9816 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KEWX 301529 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1028 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXC209-301545- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070330T1545Z/ HAYS TX- 1028 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR HAYS COUNTY... AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HENLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DRIPPING SPRINGS BY 1045 AM CDT... THIS STORM IS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3004 9829 2999 9819 3024 9803 3034 9816 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 301534 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1034 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXC209-301545- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070330T1545Z/ HAYS TX- 1034 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR HAYS COUNTY... AT 1029 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRIPPING SPRINGS...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3004 9829 2999 9819 3024 9803 3034 9816 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 301544 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1044 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXC209-301554- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070330T1545Z/ HAYS TX- 1044 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HAYS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1045 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3004 9829 2999 9819 3024 9803 3034 9816 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 30, 7:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 9:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays, Travis | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 11 min |
| Mar 30, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 11:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 12:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 12:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 112 min |
| Mar 30, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 25 min |
| Mar 30, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Llano | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 68 min |
| Mar 30, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 78 min |
| Mar 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 56 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.