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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 7:53 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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
- Apr 24, 2015, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dimmit County, TX, Zavala County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:58 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 N Carrizo Springs, TX | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE ZAVALA-DIMMIT COUNTY BORDER BETWEEN CARIZZO SPRINGS AND CRYSTAL CITY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.6
- Supercell composite
- -3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567
WFUS54 KEWX 250053
TOREWX
TXC127-507-250130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0001.150425T0053Z-150425T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
753 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ZAVALA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL DIMMIT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 752 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WINTER HAVEN...OR NEAR CRYSTAL CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAS COLONIAS AROUND 800 PM CDT.
CHULA VISTA-RIVER SPUR AROUND 805 PM CDT.
BRUNDAGE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2862 9989 2868 9987 2867 9965 2853 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 280DEG 12KT 2864 9986
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MCO3 follow-up statements
692
WWUS54 KEWX 250100
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
TXC127-507-250130-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150425T0130Z/
ZAVALA TX-DIMMIT TX-
800 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ZAVALA AND NORTH CENTRAL DIMMIT COUNTIES...
AT 759 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WINTER HAVEN...OR NEAR CRYSTAL CITY...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS ALSO RECEIVED TO
LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 758 PM CDT.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRUNDAGE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2862 9989 2868 9987 2867 9965 2853 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 280DEG 12KT 2864 9983
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MCO791
WWUS54 KEWX 250110
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
810 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
TXC127-507-250130-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150425T0130Z/
ZAVALA TX-DIMMIT TX-
810 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ZAVALA AND NORTH CENTRAL DIMMIT COUNTIES...
AT 809 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CHULA VISTA-RIVER SPUR...OR NEAR CRYSTAL CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE RADAR INDICATED ROTATION HAS WEAKENED
SOME...BUT A BRIEF TORNADO MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 830 PM CDT.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRUNDAGE AROUND 830 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2862 9985 2868 9987 2867 9965 2853 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 280DEG 12KT 2863 9979
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MCO164
WWUS54 KEWX 250115
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
815 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
TXC127-507-250124-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150425T0130Z/
ZAVALA TX-DIMMIT TX-
815 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ZAVALA AND NORTH CENTRAL
DIMMIT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2862 9985 2868 9987 2867 9965 2853 9971
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 280DEG 12KT 2863 9977
$$
MCOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 41 min |
| Apr 24, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 56 min |
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Uvalde | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kerr | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 24 min |
| Apr 25, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 3:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Kinney, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Lee | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Wilson | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 5:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Wilson | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 5:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 32 min |
| Apr 25, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Guadalupe, Medina and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 28 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 17 hr |
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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.