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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2009, 8:32 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Zavala County, 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 27, 2009, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 27, 8:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Crystal City, TX | FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN CRYSTAL CITY. |
| May 27, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Crystal City, TX | PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AT THE HEB IN CRYSTAL CITY. |
| May 27, 8:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Sse Crystal City, TX | RPT ON CYPRESS AVE |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Wnw Big Wells, TX | ALSO REPORTS OF TREES DOWN NEAR BRUNDAGE |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KEWX 280132 TOREWX TXC127-507-280215- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0015.090528T0132Z-090528T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 832 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL DIMMIT COUNTY... SOUTH CENTRAL ZAVALA COUNTY... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT. * AT 831 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CRYSTAL CITY... MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINTER HAVEN...BRUNDAGE AND CARRIZO SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 2857 9965 2851 9988 2870 9986 2873 9975 TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 356DEG 9KT 2865 9979 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KEWX 280152 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 852 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 TXC127-507-280215- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090528T0215Z/ ZAVALA TX-DIMMIT TX- 852 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL DIMMIT AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ZAVALA COUNTIES... AT 850 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRUNDAGE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRYSTAL CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL THREATEN BRUNDAGE BY 905 PM...PASSING JUST TO THE WEST TOWARD HIGHWAY 85 NEAR THE NUECES RIVER CROSSING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2857 9965 2853 9982 2862 9980 2865 9974 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 342DEG 9KT 2861 9976 $$
000 WWUS54 KEWX 280210 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 910 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 TXC127-507-280219- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090528T0215Z/ ZAVALA TX-DIMMIT TX- 910 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DIMMIT AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ZAVALA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT... ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO THREAT HAS TEMPORARILY DECREASED...THIS STORM OVER THE COMMUNITY OF BRUNDAGE REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 2857 9965 2853 9982 2862 9980 2865 9974 TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 342DEG 9KT 2857 9974 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 49 min |
| May 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 41 min |
| May 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 64 min |
| May 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 38 min |
| May 27, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 36 min |
| May 27, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 2 hr |
| May 27, 11:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
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.