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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2014, 9:41 PM CDT for Travis County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 4 reports 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
- Jun 12, 2014, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Travis County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Briarcliff, TX | 20 PERCENT OF COMPOSITION SHINGLES ON ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME |
| Jun 12, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Bee Cave, TX | NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN... ROWS OF FENCES BLOWN OVER. |
| Jun 12, 10:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lakeway, TX | DELAYED REPORT...ROOFS TORN OFF TWO HOUSES...FRONT PORCH DROPPED INTO ANOTHER YARD. VERY LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN INTO HOUSES. HOUSE DEBRIS FOUND SEVERAL STREETS AWAY. |
| Jun 12, 10:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Tanglewood Forest, TX | 5 INCH BRANCHES TORE OFF SOME LACE BARK ELM TREES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 1037 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WFUS54 KEWX 130241 TOREWX TXC453-130315- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0016.140613T0241Z-140613T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 941 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TANGLEWOOD FOREST... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 939 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAGO VISTA...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON MILL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BEE CAVE BY 950 PM CDT... MANSFIELD DAM BY 955 PM CDT... WEST LAKE HILLS BY 1005 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TANGLEWOOD FOREST BY 1010 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE 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. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL 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 MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3032 9779 3011 9781 3033 9812 3049 9802 TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 315DEG 30KT 3041 9797 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 75 min |
| Jun 12, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 106 min |
| Jun 12, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio, Uvalde, Zavala | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 53 min |
| Jun 12, 9:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Llano | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 10:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Llano, Travis, Williamson | 110 min |
| Jun 12, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, DeWitt, Gonzales, Wilson | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca and 1 more | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 12:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 28 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.