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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2013, 10:41 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 14, 2013, 10:41 AM CDT (15:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2013, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 683 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818 WFUS54 KEWX 141541 TOREWX TXC463-141615- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0009.130614T1541Z-130614T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1041 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTY... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT. * AT 1039 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CONCAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GARNER STATE PARK AND REAGAN WELLS. 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 2962 10002 2963 9974 2944 9971 2941 9981 TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 148DEG 19KT 2948 9980 $$
1 follow-up statement
793 WWUS54 KEWX 141602 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1102 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 TXC463-141612- /O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130614T1615Z/ UVALDE TX- 1102 AM CDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE CIRCULATION IN THE STORM WAS WEAKENED AND THE TORNADO WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. LAT...LON 2962 10002 2963 9974 2944 9971 2941 9981 TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 148DEG 19KT 2958 9984 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 74 min |
| Jun 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 114 min |
| Jun 14, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 10 more | 42 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 114 min |
| Jun 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 39 min |
| Jun 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 119 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.