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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 19, 2014, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876 WFUS54 KEWX 192331 TOREWX TXC271-323-200000- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0017.140619T2331Z-140620T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 631 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL KINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPOFFORD...BRACKETTVILLE... EXTREME NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 628 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF SPOFFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPOFFORD BY 655 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 2925 10065 2933 10041 2904 10037 2902 10047 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 160DEG 14KT 2907 10044 $$ 76
1 follow-up statement
027 WWUS54 KEWX 192351 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 651 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 TXC271-323-192359- /O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140620T0000Z/ KINNEY TX-MAVERICK TX- 651 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN MAVERICK AND SOUTH CENTRAL KINNEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED. NWS DOPPLER RADAR IS NO LONGER INDICATING A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINFALL. LAT...LON 2925 10065 2933 10041 2904 10037 2902 10047 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 160DEG 14KT 2914 10047 $$ 76
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.