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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2012, 3:06 PM CDT for Edwards County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 12 Ne Juno, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 2784 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 18.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643
WFUS54 KEWX 192006
TOREWX
TXC137-465-192045-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0002.120319T2006Z-120319T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
306 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
VAL VERDE COUNTY...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
* AT 302 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JUNO...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FLOUR MILLS.
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
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 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3029 10106 3030 10056 3029 10037 3002 10063
3000 10106 3017 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 249DEG 35KT 3012 10101
$$2 follow-up statements
459
WWUS54 KEWX 192022
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
322 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
TXC137-465-192045-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120319T2045Z/
EDWARDS TX-VAL VERDE TX-
322 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR VAL VERDE
AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...
AT 316 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF JUNO...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FLOUR MILLS. GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3029 10106 3030 10056 3029 10037 3002 10063
3000 10106 3017 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 249DEG 35KT 3017 10085
$$860
WWUS54 KEWX 192045
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
345 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
TXC137-465-192054-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120319T2045Z/
EDWARDS TX-VAL VERDE TX-
345 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VAL VERDE AND NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNING AREA WHILE WEAKENING.
AS A RESULT...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3029 10106 3030 10056 3029 10037 3002 10063
3000 10106 3017 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 249DEG 35KT 3025 10061
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Zavala | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina, Uvalde | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 67 min |
| Mar 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Real | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 55 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.