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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2015, 12:28 PM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- May 19, 2015, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 1766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
021
WFUS54 KEWX 191728
TOREWX
TXC287-191800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0010.150519T1728Z-150519T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1228 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT
* AT 1228 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GIDDINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DIME BOX AROUND 100 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OLD
DIME BOX AND LOEBAU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3025 9669 3025 9672 3024 9674 3020 9674
3013 9683 3022 9698 3043 9687 3041 9682
3039 9679 3032 9674 3032 9669 3030 9667
3029 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 212DEG 8KT 3020 9685
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TB31 follow-up statement
013
WWUS54 KEWX 191750
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015
TXC287-191800-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150519T1800Z/
LEE TX-
1250 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 100
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3025 9669 3025 9672 3024 9674 3020 9674
3013 9683 3022 9698 3043 9687 3041 9682
3039 9679 3032 9674 3032 9669 3030 9667
3029 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 212DEG 8KT 3020 9685
$$
TB3The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 42 min |
| May 18, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 34 min |
| May 18, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 27 min |
| May 18, 9:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 2 hr |
| May 19, 9:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Lee, Williamson | 2 hr |
| May 19, 11:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 2 hr |
| May 19, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 51 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.