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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 N Leakey, TX | BRIEF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde, Zavala | 10 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 6:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.