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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 25, 2009Blanco County, Burnet County, Llano County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2009, 4:48 PM CDT for Blanco County, Burnet County, Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 7 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
Mar 25, 2009, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2009, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 25, 4:53 PM CDTHAIL 2Horseshoe Bay, TX
Mar 25, 4:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 Wsw Horseshoe Bay, TXGOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY COCORAHS OBSERVER. STRONG WINDS IN ADVANCE OF HAIL.
Mar 25, 4:57 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Granite Shoals, TXWIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
Mar 25, 5:08 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Marble Falls, TXAMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED HALF DOLLAR HAIL IN MARBLE FALLS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 1431 AND HIGHWAY 281.
Mar 25, 5:11 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Marble Falls, TX
Mar 25, 5:25 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Spicewood, TX
Mar 25, 5:25 PM CDTHAIL 2.5Spicewood, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2348 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WWUS54 KEWX 252200
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
400 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

TXC031-053-299-252230-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090325T2230Z/
BURNET TX-LLANO TX-BLANCO TX-
400 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BLANCO...SOUTHEASTERN LLANO AND SOUTHWESTERN BURNET
COUNTIES...

AT 458 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A POSSIBLE 
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HORSESHOE BAY...OR 7 MILES 
WEST OF MARBLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD MARBLE FALLS.  

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL IN THE HORSE SHOE BAY AREA IN THE 
PAST FEW MINUTES.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE COTTONWOOD SHORES...
MEADOWLAKES...SPICEWOOD AND SMITHWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3069 9809 3040 9814 3052 9849 3059 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 274DEG 24KT 3054 9837

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WFUS54 KEWX 252148
TOREWX
TXC031-053-299-252230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0002.090325T2148Z-090325T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
448 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BLANCO COUNTY...
  SOUTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY...
  SOUTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTY...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 448 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SUNRISE BEACH
  VILLAGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF KINGSLAND...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRANITE SHOALS...HORSESHOE
  BAY...MEADOWLAKES...MARBLE FALLS...SPICEWOOD AND SMITHWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3069 9809 3040 9814 3052 9849 3059 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 274DEG 24KT 3055 9845

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 252230
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
530 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

TXC031-053-299-252238-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090325T2230Z/
BURNET TX-LLANO TX-BLANCO TX-
530 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BLANCO...SOUTHEASTERN LLANO 
AND SOUTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 530 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...HOWEVER THE STORM 
REMAINS SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WESTERN
TRAVIS COUNTY MOVING TOWARD WEST AUSTIN AND LAGO VISTA.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3069 9809 3040 9814 3052 9849 3059 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 274DEG 24KT 3053 9815

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano60 min
Mar 25, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXLlano45 min
Mar 25, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano38 min
Mar 25, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Travis, Williamson46 min
Mar 25, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall42 min
Mar 25, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson55 min
Mar 25, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXHays, Travis, Williamson100 min
Mar 25, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson40 min

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.