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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 2:28 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 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 14, 2008, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2008, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 140730 TOREWX TXC271-323-463-507-140815- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0012.080514T0728Z-080514T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 228 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY... NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN UVALDE COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN ZAVALA COUNTY... * UNTIL 315 AM CDT. * AT 227 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DABNEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPOFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES SOUTH OF DABNEY BY 250 AM CDT... 9 MILES SOUTH OF BLEWETT BY 255 AM CDT... WASHER BY 310 AM CDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF LA PRYOR BY 315 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 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2924 9981 2889 9983 2895 10040 2917 10038 TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 270DEG 34KT 2905 10034 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KEWX 140744
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
245 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
TXC271-323-463-507-140815-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080514T0815Z/
UVALDE TX-KINNEY TX-ZAVALA TX-MAVERICK TX-
245 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHERN MAVERICK...NORTHWESTERN ZAVALA...SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN UVALDE COUNTIES...
AT 240 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF DABNEY...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
SPOFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DABNEY BY 255 AM CDT...
BLEWETT BY 300 AM CDT...
8 MILES NORTH OF WASHER BY 315 AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2919 10024 2919 10018 2920 10017 2920 10010
2921 10009 2924 9981 2889 9983 2905 10024
2918 10027
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 261DEG 30KT 2913 10017
$$000
WWUS54 KEWX 140805
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
305 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
TXC271-323-140815-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080514T0815Z/
KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX-
305 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN MAVERICK AND SOUTHEASTERN
KINNEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
THE TORNADO HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2921 10007 2924 9981 2922 9982 2908 9982
2907 9983 2905 9982 2903 9983 2910 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 261DEG 30KT 2916 9998
$$
TXC463-507-140815-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080514T0815Z/
UVALDE TX-ZAVALA TX-
305 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ZAVALA AND SOUTHWESTERN UVALDE COUNTIES...
AT 301 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLEWETT...OR 15 MILES WEST OF UVALDE...
MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTH OF WASHER BY 315 AM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2921 10007 2924 9981 2922 9982 2908 9982
2907 9983 2905 9982 2903 9983 2910 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0805Z 261DEG 30KT 2916 9998
$$000
WWUS54 KEWX 140814
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
312 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
TXC463-507-140822-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080514T0815Z/
UVALDE TX-ZAVALA TX-
312 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ZAVALA AND SOUTHWESTERN
UVALDE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT...
THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED. THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...THE STORM REMAINS SEVERE WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IN EFFECT FOR UVALDE COUNTY UNTIL 4 AM CDT FOR LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2921 10007 2924 9981 2922 9982 2908 9982
2907 9983 2905 9982 2903 9983 2910 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 261DEG 30KT 2917 9991
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 70 min |
| May 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 31 min |
| May 13, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 28 min |
| May 13, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 24 min |
| May 13, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 61 min |
| May 13, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 53 min |
| May 13, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 51 min |
| May 14, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 63 min |
| May 14, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 62 min |
| May 14, 2:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 2 hr |
| May 14, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kinney, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 61 min |
| May 14, 3:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Real | 118 min |
| May 14, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 56 min |
| May 14, 3:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 66 min |
| May 14, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kendall, Kerr | 25 min |
| May 14, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more | 68 min |
| May 14, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 63 min |
| May 14, 4:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde | 2 hr |
| May 14, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | 69 min |
| May 14, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 56 min |
| May 14, 5:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 116 min |
| May 14, 6:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr, Llano | 79 min |
| May 14, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays, Travis | 37 min |
| May 14, 8:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 2 hr |
| May 14, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 75 min |
| May 14, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 55 min |
| May 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 62 min |
| May 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 40 min |
| May 14, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 64 min |
| May 14, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 38 min |
| May 14, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Zavala | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.