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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT for Atascosa County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 27, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Campbellton, TX |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KEWX 272022
TOREWX
TXC013-255-493-272100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0002.140527T2022Z-140527T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
322 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ATASCOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMPBELLTON...
WEST CENTRAL KARNES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 318 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CAMPBELLTON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLEASANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMPBELLTON BY 340 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE
INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2863 9829 2882 9853 2905 9837 2885 9794
2872 9805 2877 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 296DEG 18KT 2889 9835
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KEWX 272041
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
341 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
TXC013-255-493-272100-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140527T2100Z/
WILSON TX-KARNES TX-ATASCOSA TX-
341 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
ATASCOSA...WEST CENTRAL KARNES AND SOUTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 336 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
MCCOY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF CAMPBELLTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEWEESVILLE BY 355 PM CDT...
FASHING...PEGGY AND 7 MILES WEST OF COY CITY BY 400 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2863 9829 2882 9853 2905 9837 2885 9794
2872 9805 2877 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 296DEG 18KT 2885 9826
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| May 27, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 107 min |
| May 27, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 43 min |
| May 27, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 42 min |
| May 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 18 min |
| May 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr, Medina | 48 min |
| May 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 63 min |
| May 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 56 min |
| May 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 38 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 50 min |
| May 27, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 53 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 62 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.