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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 12, 2014Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2014, 5:53 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 12, 2014, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2014, 6:41 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 6:30 PM CDTTORNADO10 N Leakey, TXBRIEF TOUCHDOWN... ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOME.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2014-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1455 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 2014-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1455 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-391 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

090 
WFUS54 KEWX 122253
TOREWX
TXC137-265-385-130000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0008.140612T2253Z-140613T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
553 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  WESTERN KERR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN REAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 549 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH OF PRADE
  RANCH...OR 26 MILES NORTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRADE RANCH BY 615 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2994 9951 2980 9990 3022 9987 3027 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 344DEG 21KT 3008 9975

$$
2 follow-up statements
753 
WWUS54 KEWX 122309
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
609 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

TXC137-265-385-130000-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140613T0000Z/
EDWARDS TX-KERR TX-REAL TX-
609 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN REAL...WESTERN KERR AND NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES...

AT 606 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF PRADE RANCH...OR 23 MILES
NORTH OF LEAKEY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRADE RANCH BY 635 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2994 9951 2980 9990 3022 9987 3027 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 344DEG 12KT 3005 9974

$$
618 
WWUS54 KEWX 122341
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
641 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

TXC137-265-385-122350-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140613T0000Z/
EDWARDS TX-KERR TX-REAL TX-
641 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN REAL...WESTERN KERR AND
NORTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS FROM NEAR 
TELEGRAPH TO LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...BUT THE THREAT OF TORNADOES 
HAS ABATED FOR THE TIME BEING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2994 9951 2980 9990 3022 9987 3027 9967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 344DEG 12KT 2995 9971

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde, Zavala10 hr
Jun 12, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKerr64 min
Jun 12, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr57 min
Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real45 min
Jun 12, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real2 hr
Jun 12, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real37 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.