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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 7, 2010Fayette County, Gonzales County, Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2010, 4:16 PM CDT for Fayette County, Gonzales County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 7, 2010, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2010, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Lavaca County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 2010-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1004 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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.

105 
WFUS54 KEWX 072116
TOREWX
TXC149-177-285-072145-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0009.100907T2116Z-100907T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GONZALES COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 416 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  MOULTON...OR ABOUT NEAR SHINER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE 
  STORM IS STILL MOVING ALONG HIGHWAY 95.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HENKHAUS.

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 2968 9719 2969 9707 2945 9712 2946 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 181DEG 23KT 2950 9714

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 3:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca4 hr
Sep 7, 4:51 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Frio, Karnes, Wilson9 hr
Sep 7, 5:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Wilson3 hr
Sep 7, 7:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca4 hr
Sep 7, 9:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal and 9 more112 min
Sep 7, 9:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal and 9 more102 min
Sep 7, 11:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more3 hr
Sep 7, 12:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe and 5 more3 hr
Sep 7, 2:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
Sep 7, 2:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr3 hr
Sep 7, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette, Gonzales, Lavaca23 min
Sep 7, 3:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gillespie and 6 more3 hr
Sep 7, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca23 min
Sep 7, 4:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson117 min
Sep 7, 4:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano3 hr
Sep 7, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt33 min
Sep 7, 5:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis116 min
Sep 7, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Hays, Travis, Williamson3 hr
Sep 7, 5:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar115 min
Sep 7, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBastrop, Travis34 min
Sep 7, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.