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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 9:02 PM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 12 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, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Sse Leander, TX | |
| May 14, 9:08 PM CDT | HIGH SUST WINDS 60 | Lago Vista, TX | 50 TO 60 MPH SUSTAINED |
| May 14, 9:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wnw Cedar Park, TX | |
| May 14, 9:16 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Nne Anderson Mill, TX | NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 183 AND 620 |
| May 14, 9:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 S Leander, TX | |
| May 14, 9:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Austin, TX | TWO TO TWO AND HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED AT IN THE CORNER OF FM1431 AND PARMER ALONG WITH WINDS GREATER THAN 50 MPH. |
| May 14, 9:31 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Sse Leander, TX | 3 MIN DURATION |
| May 14, 9:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N Round Rock, TX | |
| May 14, 9:35 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | 2 Wnw Round Rock, TX | NUMEROUS 3 TO 4 INCH STONES |
| May 14, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Round Rock, TX | 30 MIN HAIL DURATION. RAIN FELL IN 50 MIN |
| May 14, 9:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Hutto, TX | ROOFS TORN OFF. WINDOWS BUSTED OUT. TREES DOWN. SHEDS MISPLACED. |
| May 14, 9:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 E Round Rock, TX |
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, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 262 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 150202 TOREWX TXC453-491-150245- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0019.080515T0202Z-080515T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 902 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN TRAVIS COUNTY... SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 859 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR LAGO VISTA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF CEDAR PARK...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CEDAR PARK BY 915 PM CDT... ANDERSON MILL BY 920 PM CDT... WINDEMERE BY 935 PM CDT... PFLUGERVILLE BY 940 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 3057 9738 3019 9751 3045 9811 3069 9801 TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 288DEG 29KT 3051 9796 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KEWX 150235 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 935 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 TXC453-491-150245- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080515T0245Z/ WILLIAMSON TX-TRAVIS TX- 935 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN TRAVIS AND SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 933 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JOLLYVILLE...OR NEAR ROUND ROCK...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WELLS BRANCH AND ROUND ROCK BY 940 PM CDT... WINDEMERE...PFLUGERVILLE...9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTTO AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANOR BY 945 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3057 9738 3019 9751 3045 9811 3069 9801 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 285DEG 21KT 3047 9772 $$
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, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 43 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, 9:07 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.