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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2012, 9:22 PM CDT for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 13, 2012, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Frio County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
395 WFUS54 KEWX 140222 TOREWX TXC163-140245- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0024.120914T0222Z-120914T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 922 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL FRIO COUNTY... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT. * AT 917 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DIVOT...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF DILLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUFF. 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 2890 9930 2884 9916 2874 9926 2877 9933 TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 209DEG 5KT 2879 9927 $$
2 follow-up statements
531 WWUS54 KEWX 140232 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 932 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 TXC163-140245- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120914T0245Z/ FRIO TX- 932 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL FRIO COUNTY... AT 927 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DILLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. && LAT...LON 2878 9925 2879 9932 2890 9930 2884 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 209DEG 5KT 2881 9926 $$
218 WWUS54 KEWX 140241 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 941 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 TXC163-140250- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120914T0245Z/ FRIO TX- 941 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FRIO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT... THE POSSIBLE TORNADIC STORM NEAR DIVOT HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 2878 9925 2879 9932 2890 9930 2884 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 209DEG 5KT 2882 9925 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Llano | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 8:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 116 min |
| Sep 13, 9:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Kendall | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio, Medina | 119 min |
| Sep 13, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 39 min |
| Sep 13, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 1:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 110 min |
| Sep 14, 2:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 113 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.