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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2013, 11:55 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2013, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2013, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeWitt County, TX, Karnes County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:02 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ssw Runge, TX | NEAR THE TOWN OF RUNGE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
832 WFUS54 KEWX 251655 TOREWX TXC123-255-251730- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0008.130525T1655Z-130525T1730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1155 AM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTY... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT. * AT 1152 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST OF KENEDY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RUNGE. 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 2899 9779 2890 9757 2869 9778 2875 9788 TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 217DEG 3KT 2876 9777 $$
2 follow-up statements
557 WWUS54 KEWX 251705 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1205 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 TXC123-255-251730- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130525T1730Z/ DEWITT TX-KARNES TX- 1205 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KARNES AND SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES... AT 1159 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHOATE...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENEDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM MAY ALSO IMPACT RUNGE WITH THE THREAT OF A TORNADO BETWEEN 1215 AND 1230 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...GET OUT AND GO TO A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2876 9784 2898 9778 2890 9757 2869 9778 TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 222DEG 24KT 2879 9773 $$
354 WWUS54 KEWX 251731 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1231 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 TXC123-255-251741- /O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130525T1730Z/ DEWITT TX-KARNES TX- 1231 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KARNES AND SOUTHWESTERN DEWITT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... LAT...LON 2876 9784 2898 9778 2890 9757 2869 9778 TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 222DEG 24KT 2880 9772 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 116 min |
| May 25, 4:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kendall | 105 min |
| May 25, 5:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 116 min |
| May 25, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 47 min |
| May 25, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Comal | 116 min |
| May 25, 8:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 7 hr |
| May 25, 8:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 15 more | 36 hr |
| May 25, 9:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 25, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 35 hr |
| May 25, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 24 hr |
| May 25, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 47 hr |
| May 25, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 16 hr |
| May 25, 10:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 38 min |
| May 25, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 6 hr |
| May 25, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 6 hr |
| May 25, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 6 hr |
| May 25, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson | 2 hr |
| May 25, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 45 min |
| May 25, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 43 min |
| May 25, 11:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 48 min |
| May 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt, Gonzales and 5 more | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 days |
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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.