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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 7:47 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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
- May 14, 2008, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:01 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Burnet, TX | |
| May 14, 8:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Wnw Inks Lake State P, TX | BUCHANAN DAM |
| May 14, 8:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Ene Granite Shoals, TX | WIND SUSTAINED 47 MPH TREE LIMBS DOWN ON SH1431 5W MARBLE FALLS |
| May 14, 8:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Se Inks Lake State Pa, TX | POSSIBLY 2 FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED NEAR LONGHORN CAVERNS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 150048 TOREWX TXC031-053-299-453-491-150130- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0017.080515T0047Z-080515T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 747 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BLANCO COUNTY... SOUTHERN BURNET COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT. * AT 743 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GAINESVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR KINGSLAND...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTH OF GRANITE SHOALS BY 755 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF MARBLE FALLS...7 MILES SOUTH OF BURNET AND 7 MILES NORTH OF MEADOWLAKES BY 805 PM CDT... OATMEAL...SMITHWICK AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF BERTRAM BY 820 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIBERTY HILL BY 830 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3074 9779 3036 9793 3058 9858 3085 9851 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 284DEG 33KT 3070 9844 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KEWX 150120
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
819 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
TXC031-053-299-453-491-150130-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080515T0130Z/
BURNET TX-LLANO TX-WILLIAMSON TX-TRAVIS TX-BLANCO TX-
819 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN BLANCO...NORTHWESTERN TRAVIS...SOUTHWESTERN
WILLIAMSON...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LLANO AND SOUTHERN BURNET
COUNTIES...
AT 817 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARBLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHWICK...6 MILES NORTH OF SPICEWOOD AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF OATMEAL
BY 830 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER
YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER
PROTECTION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3080 9823 3081 9822 3079 9817 3080 9815
3075 9787 3041 9807 3052 9840 3082 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 292DEG 27KT 3060 9824
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 24 min |
| May 14, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 62 min |
| May 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 27 min |
| May 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 59 min |
| May 14, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 46 min |
| May 14, 8:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 117 min |
| May 14, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 43 min |
| May 14, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 53 min |
| May 14, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 50 min |
| May 14, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 62 min |
| May 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 2 hr |
| May 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 48 min |
| May 14, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 40 min |
| May 14, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 60 min |
| May 14, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 44 min |
| May 14, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 53 min |
| May 14, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 18 min |
| May 14, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 47 min |
| May 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 36 min |
| May 15, 12:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 114 min |
| May 15, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 36 min |
| May 15, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, Travis | 34 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.