Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2012, 5:18 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Edwards County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
578
WFUS54 KEWX 192218
TOREWX
TXC137-192300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0003.120319T2218Z-120319T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
518 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 513 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DEVILS SINKHOLE STATE NATURAL
AREA.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD HIGHWAY 377 BETWEEN ROCKSPRINGS AND
TELEGRAPH.
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 3013 9981 3000 10023 3013 10038 3029 10034
3030 10009 3029 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 241DEG 33KT 3013 10021
$$2 follow-up statements
465
WWUS54 KEWX 192236
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
536 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
TXC137-192300-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120319T2300Z/
EDWARDS TX-
536 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
AT 532 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...OR 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO AND ASSOCIATED STORM WILL MOVE ALONG HIGHWAY 377 TOWARD
TELEGRAPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER
YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER
PROTECTION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3013 9981 3008 10005 3020 10014 3030 10009
3029 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 247DEG 41KT 3020 10002
$$337
WWUS54 KEWX 192255
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
555 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
TXC137-192305-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120319T2300Z/
EDWARDS TX-
555 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM CDT...
THE STORM IS WEAKENING AND MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. AS A
RESULT...WILL ALLOW THE WARNING TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3013 9981 3008 10005 3020 10014 3030 10009
3029 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 247DEG 41KT 3029 9978
$$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, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.