Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2014, 1:31 AM CDT for Lavaca 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 10, 2014, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lavaca County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
024
WFUS54 KEWX 100631
TOREWX
TXC285-100700-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0006.140610T0631Z-140610T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
131 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LAVACA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 129 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SUBLIME...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHULENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN LAVACA COUNTY AT 150 AM CDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 2932 9657 2920 9673 2962 9689 2962 9684
2959 9683 2959 9680 2954 9674 2934 9656
2933 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 325DEG 39KT 2953 9671
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KEWX 100648
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
148 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014
TXC285-100700-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140610T0700Z/
LAVACA TX-
148 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAVACA COUNTY...
AT 147 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF VIENNA...OR 21 MILES EAST
OF HALLETTSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2932 9657 2920 9673 2954 9686 2957 9683
2956 9683 2957 9679 2954 9674 2934 9656
2933 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 325DEG 39KT 2937 9658
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Milam | 9 min |
| Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 9:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 117 min |
| Jun 9, 11:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 50 min |
| Jun 10, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 3:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lavaca | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 45 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.