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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2013, 8:16 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
- May 9, 2013, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 18 Wnw Kerr Wildlife Mg, TX | SEVERAL TREES DOWN...CARPORT DAMAGED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
854
WFUS54 KEWX 100116
TOREWX
TXC137-265-385-100200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0003.130510T0116Z-130510T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
816 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN KERR COUNTY...
NORTH CENTRAL REAL COUNTY...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
* AT 814 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN
EDWARDS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKSPRINGS...
MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY VEHICLE IS EASILY ROLLED AND CRUSHED BY A TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO
OUTRUN ONE. IF NO STRONG BUILDING IS CLOSE...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND
TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 9968 3002 9979 3022 10016 3030 10012
3030 10008
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 291DEG 22KT 3024 10005
$$1 follow-up statement
311 WWUS54 KEWX 100149 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 849 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 TXC137-265-385-100200- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130510T0200Z/ EDWARDS TX-KERR TX-REAL TX- 849 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL REAL...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL KERR AND NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 844 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY... OR 23 MILES EAST OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN KERR COUNTY... AND NORTH CENTRAL REAL COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A VEHICLE IS EASILY ROLLED AND CRUSHED BY A TORNADO. DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN ONE. IF NO STRONG BUILDING IS CLOSE...LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AND TAKE SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3011 9992 3021 9988 3016 9971 3002 9979 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 300DEG 26KT 3011 9982 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 66 min |
| May 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Mason | 73 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 55 min |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 80 min |
| May 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 72 min |
| May 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 68 min |
| May 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 56 min |
| May 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 47 min |
| May 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real | 56 min |
| May 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 51 min |
| May 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 54 min |
| May 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 47 min |
| May 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 61 min |
| May 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 48 min |
| May 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 65 min |
| May 9, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | 51 min |
| May 9, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 46 min |
| May 9, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 54 min |
| May 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 44 min |
| May 10, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 25 min |
| May 10, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 23 min |
| May 10, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 52 min |
| May 10, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 51 min |
| May 10, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 41 min |
| May 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr | 33 min |
| May 10, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 50 min |
| May 10, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Hays | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 49 min |
| May 10, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 52 min |
| May 10, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 45 min |
| May 10, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 37 min |
| May 10, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales | 48 min |
| May 10, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| May 10, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 38 min |
| May 10, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 43 min |
| May 10, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Terrell | 34 min |
| May 10, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 58 min |
| May 10, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 51 min |
| May 10, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 53 min |
| May 10, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| May 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 49 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 39 min |
| May 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kinney, Uvalde | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 62 min |
| May 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 50 min |
| May 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 48 min |
| May 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 67 min |
| May 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 57 min |
| May 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 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.