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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 9:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 6 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, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2008, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:45 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 | |
| May 14, 10:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 S Round Rock, TX | HAIL FROM HALF INCH TO INCH AND A QUARTER. |
| May 14, 10:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Se Hutto, TX | |
| May 14, 10:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw Coupland, 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, 2.7 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 150243 TOREWX TXC021-287-453-491-150330- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0020.080515T0242Z-080515T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 942 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTY... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY... EAST CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY... SOUTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT. * AT 937 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROUND ROCK... MOVING EAST AT 22 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WINDEMERE BY 950 PM CDT... PFLUGERVILLE BY 955 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF HUTTO BY 1005 PM CDT... 7 MILES NORTH OF MANOR BY 1010 PM CDT... COUPLAND AND 6 MILES NORTH OF ELGIN BY 1030 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 3055 9726 3026 9731 3040 9782 3064 9775 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 280DEG 19KT 3047 9769 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KEWX 150311 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1011 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 TXC021-287-453-491-150330- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080515T0330Z/ WILLIAMSON TX-TRAVIS TX-LEE TX-BASTROP TX- 1011 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL BASTROP...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LEE...EAST CENTRAL TRAVIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES... AT 1007 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RICES CROSSING...OR 6 MILES EAST OF PFLUGERVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES SOUTH OF TAYLOR BY 1020 PM CDT... COUPLAND BY 1025 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF ELGIN AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEYARSVILLE BY 1030 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 3055 9726 3026 9731 3040 9782 3064 9775 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 285DEG 21KT 3046 9750 $$
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, 9:02 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, 9:50 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.