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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 31, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Frio County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Wsw Pearsall, 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 31, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 1442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WFUS54 KEWX 312308 TOREWX TXC163-312345- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0002.130331T2308Z-130331T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 608 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FRIO COUNTY... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT. * AT 603 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FRIO TOWN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEARSALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLUFF...DIVOT AND DERBY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG FM 150 TOWARD PEARSALL. 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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2896 9886 2870 9922 2896 9940 2908 9928 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 311DEG 21KT 2898 9928 $$
2 follow-up statements
989 WWUS54 KEWX 312326 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 626 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 TXC163-312345- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130331T2345Z/ FRIO TX- 626 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR FRIO COUNTY... AT 622 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BLUFF...OR 6 MILES WEST OF PEARSALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRIO RIVER...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF PEARSALL. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DIVOT...THREE OAKS AND DERBY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY...BATHROOM...OR CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR EVEN A MATTRESS FOR BETTER PROTECTION. && LAT...LON 2896 9886 2870 9922 2896 9940 2908 9928 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 313DEG 27KT 2886 9918 $$
106 WWUS54 KEWX 312344 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 644 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 TXC163-312354- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130331T2345Z/ FRIO TX- 644 PM CDT SUN MAR 31 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FRIO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT REMAIN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2896 9886 2870 9922 2896 9940 2908 9928 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 313DEG 27KT 2876 9906 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 64 min |
| Mar 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde, Zavala | 60 min |
| Mar 31, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 50 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.