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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT for Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 15, 2008, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 2 Sse Eagle Pass, TX | TREES BLOWN DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 501 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KEWX 160035
TOREWX
TXC323-160115-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0021.080516T0034Z-080516T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
734 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MAVERICK COUNTY...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 732 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EAGLE PASS.
THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL MAVERICK COUNTY AT 820 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.
LAT...LON 2884 10039 2866 10039 2866 10052 2874 10053
2877 10056 2882 10056 2882 10060 2884 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 180DEG 0KT 2875 10049
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KEWX 160039
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
739 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
TXC323-160115-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080516T0115Z/
MAVERICK TX-
739 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR MAVERICK
COUNTY...
AT 736 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING
EAST AT 24 MPH.
LAT...LON 2884 10039 2866 10039 2866 10052 2874 10053
2877 10056 2882 10056 2882 10060 2884 10060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 283DEG 21KT 2865 10038
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 61 min |
| May 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 45 min |
| May 15, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 40 min |
| May 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 46 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.