Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2012, 6:40 PM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Oct 13, 2012, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 6:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Lexington, TX | TORNADO REPORTED BY 2 SOURCES NO DETAILS YET |
| Oct 13, 7:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 Sw Caldwell, TX | RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO MOVING NE AT 15 MPH LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF THE SPOTTER WHO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NW OF DIMEBOX. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KEWX 132340
TOREWX
TXC287-140015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0025.121013T2340Z-121014T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
640 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
* AT 637 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEXINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG FM 696.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DIME BOX AND TANGLEWOOD.
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 900 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 9694 3037 9707 3057 9696 3056 9693
3054 9691 3047 9689 3036 9676 3033 9674
3032 9669 3030 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 224DEG 24KT 3038 9694
$$4 follow-up statements
979
WWUS54 KEWX 132346
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
646 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC287-140015-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121014T0015Z/
LEE TX-
646 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...
AT 642 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD DIME BOX...OR NEAR
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ALONG FM 696.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DIME BOX AND TANGLEWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER
YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER
PROTECTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 9694 3037 9707 3057 9696 3056 9693
3054 9691 3047 9689 3036 9676 3033 9674
3032 9669 3030 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 224DEG 24KT 3040 9691
$$433
WWUS54 KEWX 132353
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
653 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC287-140015-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121014T0015Z/
LEE TX-
653 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...
AT 651 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD DIME BOX...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST ALONG FM 696. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE TANGLEWOOD.
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 3023 9694 3037 9707 3057 9696 3056 9693
3054 9691 3047 9689 3036 9676 3033 9674
3032 9669 3030 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 212DEG 12KT 3043 9691
$$137
WWUS54 KEWX 140007
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
707 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC287-140015-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121014T0015Z/
LEE TX-
707 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...
AT 705 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TANGLEWOOD...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG FM 696. HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER
YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER
PROTECTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 9694 3037 9707 3057 9696 3056 9693
3054 9691 3047 9689 3036 9676 3033 9674
3032 9669 3030 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 212DEG 12KT 3047 9688
$$415
WWUS54 KEWX 140016
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
716 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
TXC287-140025-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121014T0015Z/
LEE TX-
716 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 715 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM AND ASSOCIATED TORNADO HAS MOVE OUT
OF LEE COUNTY. THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3023 9694 3037 9707 3057 9696 3056 9693
3054 9691 3047 9689 3036 9676 3033 9674
3032 9669 3030 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 212DEG 12KT 3047 9688
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and 5 more | 79 min |
| Oct 13, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Williamson | 80 min |
| Oct 13, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 53 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.