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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 6:43 PM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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
- May 27, 2014, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 W Rio Medina, TX | HAIL FELL FOR 4 TO 7 MINUTES. ALSO...A WALL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED 5 TO 7 MILES AWAY |
| May 27, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Castroville, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
668 WFUS54 KEWX 272343 TOREWX TXC325-280045- /O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0005.140527T2343Z-140528T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 643 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CASTROVILLE... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BADER...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASTROVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2921 9880 2912 9902 2943 9908 2949 9888 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 339DEG 19KT 2942 9896 $$
2 follow-up statements
985 WWUS54 KEWX 280004 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 704 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXC325-280045- /O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140528T0045Z/ MEDINA TX- 704 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY... AT 702 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTROVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NOONAN...PEARSON...BIRY AND NATALIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2912 9902 2937 9903 2942 9886 2921 9880 TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 339DEG 19KT 2931 9892 $$
491 WWUS54 KEWX 280020 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 720 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXC325-280029- /O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140528T0045Z/ MEDINA TX- 720 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM NO LONGER SHOWS ROTATION. HOWEVER..GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2912 9902 2937 9903 2942 9886 2921 9880 TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 339DEG 19KT 2924 9889 $$
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, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 38 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 |
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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.