Tornado Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Sep 7, 2010, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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154 
WFUS54 KEWX 080028
TOREWX
TXC453-491-080100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0013.100908T0028Z-100908T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
728 PM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TRAVIS COUNTY...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 723 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  PFLUGERVILLE...OR ABOUT NEAR AUSTIN...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
  THE STORM TRACK WILL TAKE THIS STORM ACROSS I-35 NORTH OF 
  HIGHWAY 290.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WINDEMERE AND ROUND ROCK.

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 3057 9775 3055 9756 3024 9767 3025 9775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 187DEG 32KT 3029 9769

$$

694 
WWUS54 KEWX 080042
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
742 PM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

TXC453-491-080100-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100908T0100Z/
WILLIAMSON TX-TRAVIS TX-
742 PM CDT TUE SEP 7 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TRAVIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTIES...

AT 738 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WELLS BRANCH...OR NEAR PFLUGERVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE WINDEMERE...BRUSHY CREEK
AND ROUND ROCK.

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 3034 9766 3034 9772 3057 9775 3055 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 187DEG 32KT 3044 9767

$$

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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.