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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 14, 2008Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 1:27 AM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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
May 14, 2008, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 2:40 AM CDTHAIL 0.5Spofford, TXVERY HEAVY RAINS

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 00:00Z, 6.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1518 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 140627
TOREWX
TXC271-323-140730-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0011.080514T0627Z-080514T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
127 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KINNEY COUNTY...
  MAVERICK COUNTY...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 122 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
  QUEMADO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTH OF QUEMADO BY 150 AM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTH OF DARLING BY 215 AM CDT...
  SPOFFORD BY 220 AM CDT...
  ANACACHO BY 230 AM CDT...

BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM. 

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 2926 10016 2888 10013 2890 10064 2896 10067
      2899 10066 2900 10068 2907 10068 2913 10074
      2915 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 260DEG 31KT 2902 10088

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 140639
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
137 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC271-323-140730-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080514T0730Z/
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
137 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR MAVERICK
AND SOUTHERN KINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 135 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTH OF QUEMADO BY 155 AM CDT...
  DARLING AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF SPOFFORD BY 220 AM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF ANACACHO BY 230 AM CDT...

BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2926 10016 2888 10013 2890 10064 2896 10067
      2899 10066 2900 10068 2907 10068 2913 10074
      2915 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 267DEG 31KT 2903 10081

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 140651
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
150 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC271-323-140730-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080514T0730Z/
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
150 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR MAVERICK
AND SOUTHERN KINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 147 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST
AT 36 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DARLING AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF SPOFFORD BY 220 AM CDT...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF ANACACHO BY 230 AM CDT...

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT FM HIGHWAYS 693 AND 1908.

BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH 
THIS STORM. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2926 10016 2888 10013 2890 10064 2896 10067
      2899 10066 2900 10068 2907 10068 2913 10074
      2915 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 267DEG 31KT 2906 10068

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 140702
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
202 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC271-323-140730-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080514T0730Z/
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
202 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR MAVERICK
AND SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 200 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUEMADO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DARLING BY 225 AM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2915 10062 2919 10016 2914 10014 2913 10015
      2888 10013 2890 10064 2896 10067 2899 10066
      2900 10068 2907 10068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0702Z 278DEG 26KT 2901 10061

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 140715
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
215 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC271-323-140730-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080514T0730Z/
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
215 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR MAVERICK
AND SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTIES...

AT 213 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DARLING...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DARLING BY 225 AM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2915 10051 2919 10016 2915 10015 2914 10014
      2913 10015 2912 10014 2888 10013 2897 10053
      2905 10057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 264DEG 27KT 2906 10050

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards70 min
May 13, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde31 min
May 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney, Val Verde28 min
May 13, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney24 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Real61 min
May 13, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kerr, Real53 min
May 13, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr51 min
May 14, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kinney, Real, Uvalde62 min
May 14, 2:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Real, Uvalde2 hr
May 14, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala47 min
May 14, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kinney, Medina, Real, Uvalde61 min
May 14, 3:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Real118 min
May 14, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards56 min
May 14, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano66 min
May 14, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr25 min
May 14, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more68 min
May 14, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson63 min
May 14, 4:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde2 hr
May 14, 4:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays69 min
May 14, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson56 min
May 14, 5:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet116 min
May 14, 6:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kerr, Llano79 min
May 14, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Hays, Travis37 min
May 14, 8:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays, Travis2 hr
May 14, 9:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette3 hr
May 14, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick75 min
May 14, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala55 min
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala62 min
May 14, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala40 min
May 14, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick, Zavala64 min
May 14, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano38 min
May 14, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio, Zavala42 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.