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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 19, 2014Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 282 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -114 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera44 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.