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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 14, 20085 counties in Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 8:01 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Burnet, TX
May 14, 8:01 PM CDTHAIL 14 Wnw Inks Lake State P, TXBUCHANAN DAM
May 14, 8:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 632 Ene Granite Shoals, TXWIND SUSTAINED 47 MPH TREE LIMBS DOWN ON SH1431 5W MARBLE FALLS
May 14, 8:25 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Se Inks Lake State Pa, TXPOSSIBLY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 726 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Llano24 min
May 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Frio, Zavala62 min
May 14, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio27 min
May 14, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson59 min
May 14, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson46 min
May 14, 8:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis, Williamson117 min
May 14, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson43 min
May 14, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala53 min
May 14, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson50 min
May 14, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano62 min
May 14, 9:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet, Llano2 hr
May 14, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson48 min
May 14, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson40 min
May 14, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real60 min
May 14, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson44 min
May 14, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr53 min
May 14, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee18 min
May 14, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis, Williamson47 min
May 15, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick36 min
May 15, 12:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis, Williamson114 min
May 15, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson36 min
May 15, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Lee, Travis34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.