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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2011, 6:40 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 12, 2011, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2011, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 6:45 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 N Alamo Village, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WFUS54 KEWX 121140 TOREWX TXC271-121215- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0002.110512T1140Z-110512T1215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 640 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY... * UNTIL 715 AM CDT. * AT 635 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURKEY MOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT HIGHWAYS 334 AND 3199 NORTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2960 10012 2930 10013 2939 10040 2957 10044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1139Z 299DEG 22KT 2945 10032 $$
2 follow-up statements
615 WWUS54 KEWX 121154 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 654 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 TXC271-121215- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110512T1215Z/ KINNEY TX- 654 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY... AT 650 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURKEY MOUNTAIN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 334 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HIGHWAY 3199 ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRACKETTVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2960 10012 2930 10013 2939 10040 2957 10044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 299DEG 22KT 2941 10023 $$
953 WWUS54 KEWX 121214 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 714 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 TXC271-121224- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110512T1215Z/ KINNEY TX- 714 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM CDT... THE STORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS MOVING OUT OF KINNEY COUNTY. WILL ALLOW THE WARNING TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2960 10012 2930 10013 2939 10040 2957 10044 TIME...MOT...LOC 1214Z 299DEG 22KT 2935 10010 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 51 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Llano | 105 min |
| May 11, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 46 min |
| May 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 23 min |
| May 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 108 min |
| May 11, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 49 min |
| May 11, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 27 min |
| May 11, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 37 min |
| May 11, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 41 min |
| May 11, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 41 min |
| May 12, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 47 min |
| May 12, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 12, 5:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| May 12, 5:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 12, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 12, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 60 min |
| May 12, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick, Medina and 4 more | 61 min |
| May 12, 7:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 39 min |
| May 12, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 45 min |
| May 12, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 40 min |
| May 12, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 49 min |
| May 12, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Frio, Kendall and 5 more | 64 min |
| May 12, 8:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 11 hr |
| May 12, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 37 min |
| May 12, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 42 min |
| May 12, 9:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 23 min |
| May 12, 9:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Kendall and 3 more | 64 min |
| May 12, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 40 min |
| May 12, 9:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 49 min |
| May 12, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Medina | 54 min |
| May 12, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Frio and 5 more | 59 min |
| May 12, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 29 min |
| May 12, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 55 min |
| May 12, 10:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 4 more | 118 min |
| May 12, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 38 min |
| May 12, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 12, 10:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 104 min |
| May 12, 10:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 12, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales and 4 more | 53 min |
| May 12, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 12, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales and 3 more | 47 min |
| May 12, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.