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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 24, 2008Gonzales County, Guadalupe County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2008, 11:31 AM CDT for Gonzales County, Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2008, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2008, 12:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 24, 7:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 373 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KEWX 241631
TOREWX
TXC177-187-241715-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0026.080724T1631Z-080724T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1131 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTY...
  SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT.

* AT 1131 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SMILEY...OR ABOUT
  16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GONZALES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KINGSBURY BY 1215 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2957 9797 2971 9777 2931 9739 2914 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 149DEG 26KT 2933 9761

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 241650
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1144 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

TXC177-187-241715-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080724T1715Z/
GUADALUPE TX-GONZALES TX-
1144 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES AND SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES...

AT 1143 AM CDT...NWS RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS PARTS OF GONZALES AND GUADALUPE COUNTY.  

THE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF GONZALES AND NEAR BELMONT SHOWS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES...AS THEY MOVE NORTHWEST. 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST
PART OF GONZALES COUNTY AND THE SOUTHEAST PART OF GUADALUPE
COUNTY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEESVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAK FOREST BY 1150 AM CDT...
  BELMONT BY NOON CDT...
  KINGSBURY BY 1215 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2957 9797 2971 9777 2931 9739 2914 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 149DEG 26KT 2941 9767

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXDimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde, Zavala27 hr
Jul 24, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa2 hr
Jul 24, 9:52 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXGonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson20 min
Jul 24, 10:14 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson46 min
Jul 24, 11:23 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXLavaca37 min
Jul 24, 12:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie and 6 more3 hr
Jul 24, 12:41 PM CDTWind AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Frio, Maverick, Zavala5 hr
Jul 24, 12:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal3 hr
Jul 24, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Medina29 min
Jul 24, 1:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa3 hr
Jul 24, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Kendall, Kerr, Medina36 min
Jul 24, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar21 min
Jul 24, 2:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Burnet, Fayette, Lee, Llano, Travis and 1 more4 hr
Jul 24, 3:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr and 2 more3 hr
Jul 24, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Comal3 hr
Jul 24, 4:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXCaldwell, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca and 1 more117 min
Jul 24, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe, Wilson37 min
Jul 24, 6:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXCaldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe119 min
Jul 24, 6:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more2 hr
Jul 24, 6:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXComal116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.