Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2012, 11:29 PM CST for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 16 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
- Jan 24, 2012, 11:29 PM CST (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2012, 11:45 PM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Edwards County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 11:30 PM CST | TORNADO | 12 Wnw Rocksprings, TX | POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF ROCKSPRINGS NEAR STATE ROAD 55. |
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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675 WFUS54 KEWX 250529 TOREWX TXC137-250545- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0001.120125T0529Z-120125T0545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1129 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY... * UNTIL 1145 PM CST. * AT 1123 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3019 10042 3011 10026 2998 10039 3008 10052 TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 215DEG 35KT 3011 10037 $$
2 follow-up statements
346 WWUS54 KEWX 250538 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1138 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2012 TXC137-250545- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120125T0545Z/ EDWARDS TX- 1138 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY... AT 1133 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3007 10037 3012 10048 3019 10042 3011 10026 TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 215DEG 35KT 3018 10036 $$
840 WWUS54 KEWX 250552 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1152 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2012 TXC137-250600- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120125T0545Z/ EDWARDS TX- 1152 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NO LONGER SHOWS STRONG INDICATIONS OF A TORNADO AND THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS STORM IN NORTHEAST EDWARDS COUNTY AND THE STORM REMAINS DANGEROUS. LAT...LON 3007 10037 3012 10048 3019 10042 3011 10026 TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 215DEG 35KT 3018 10036 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 10:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 26 min |
| Jan 24, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 38 min |
| Jan 24, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 28 min |
| Jan 24, 11:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 11:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 32 min |
| Jan 25, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 40 min |
| Jan 25, 1:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 103 min |
| Jan 25, 1:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 42 min |
| Jan 25, 2:00 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 6 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 114 min |
| Jan 25, 2:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 105 min |
| Jan 25, 2:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 42 min |
| Jan 25, 4:06 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 114 min |
| Jan 25, 4:09 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 111 min |
| Jan 25, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Guadalupe | 101 min |
| Jan 25, 5:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 6:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 6:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 7:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 60 hr |
| Jan 25, 9:27 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 2 hr |
| Jan 25, 5:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop | 101 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.