Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 6:20 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 40 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 142321 TOREWX TXC163-325-463-507-150000- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0013.080514T2320Z-080515T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 620 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN FRIO COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN UVALDE COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN ZAVALA COUNTY... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 616 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LA PRYOR...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BATESVILLE BY 640 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2922 9940 2887 9924 2876 9981 2902 9991 TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 252DEG 24KT 2890 9976 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KEWX 142344
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
644 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
TXC325-463-142354-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080515T0000Z/
MEDINA TX-UVALDE TX-
644 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UVALDE AND SOUTHWESTERN
MEDINA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2909 9933 2906 9932 2905 9932 2904 9931
2887 9924 2876 9981 2902 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 252DEG 24KT 2895 9959
$$
TXC163-507-150000-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080515T0000Z/
FRIO TX-ZAVALA TX-
644 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ZAVALA AND NORTHWESTERN FRIO COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 28 MPH.
A VEHICLE IS EASILY ROLLED AND CRUSHED BY A TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO
OUTRUN ONE. IF NO STRONG BUILDING IS CLOSE...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND
TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2909 9933 2906 9932 2905 9932 2904 9931
2887 9924 2876 9981 2902 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 252DEG 24KT 2895 9959
$$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, 2:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 47 min |
| 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, 6:26 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 |
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.