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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT for Gonzales County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
- May 10, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Stockdale, TX | FIRE CHIEF REPORTED ROOFS DAMAGED...TREES DAMAGED...AND POWERLINES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN JUST SOUTH OF STOCKDALE |
| May 10, 1:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Kosciusko, TX | |
| May 10, 1:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W Kosciusko, TX | |
| May 10, 1:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 W Kosciusko, TX | |
| May 10, 1:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Stockdale, TX | FIRE CHIEF REPORTED ROOFS DAMAGED...TREES DAMAGED...AND POWERLINES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN JUST SOUTH OF STOCKDALE |
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 10, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 10, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017 WFUS54 KEWX 101815 TOREWX TXC177-255-493-101900- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0016.120510T1815Z-120510T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 115 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTY... EASTERN WILSON COUNTY... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT. * AT 109 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GILLETT...PANDORA...NIXON AND SMILEY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAYS 123 AND 119 SOUTH OF STOCKDALE. 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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2946 9776 2921 9748 2895 9794 2914 9804 TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 228DEG 28KT 2911 9790 $$
2 follow-up statements
635 WWUS54 KEWX 101828 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 128 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC177-255-493-101900- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120510T1900Z/ GONZALES TX-WILSON TX-KARNES TX- 128 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KARNES...EASTERN WILSON AND SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTIES... AT 123 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE GILLETT...PANDORA... NIXON...SAMPLE...LEESVILLE AND SMILEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2946 9776 2921 9748 2895 9794 2914 9804 TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 234DEG 24KT 2913 9784 $$
136 WWUS54 KEWX 101843 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 143 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC177-255-493-101900- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120510T1900Z/ GONZALES TX-WILSON TX-KARNES TX- 143 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KARNES...EAST CENTRAL WILSON AND SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTIES... AT 142 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLETT...OR 11 MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE NIXON...SAMPLE...LEESVILLE AND SMILEY. 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 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2919 9793 2946 9776 2921 9748 2902 9782 TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 244DEG 14KT 2914 9776 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 54 min |
| May 10, 6:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| May 10, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 44 min |
| May 10, 9:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 61 min |
| May 10, 10:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 60 min |
| May 10, 10:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 117 min |
| May 10, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 58 min |
| May 10, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 58 min |
| May 10, 12:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 31 min |
| May 10, 12:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 2 hr |
| May 10, 12:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 110 min |
| May 10, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 33 min |
| May 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 33 min |
| May 10, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 51 min |
| May 10, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Karnes | 48 min |
| May 10, 2:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Wilson | 40 min |
| May 10, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Karnes | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 31 hr |
| May 10, 3:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 105 min |
| May 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Wilson | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr | 81 min |
| May 10, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Karnes, Lavaca | 109 min |
| May 10, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 49 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.