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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT for Gonzales County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2015, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 3543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KEWX 260021
TOREWX
TXC177-255-493-260045-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0036.150526T0021Z-150526T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
721 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 720 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GILLETT...OR 10 MILES EAST OF KOSCIUSKO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES...NORTHEASTERN KARNES AND EAST CENTRAL WILSON
COUNTIES.
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 2913 9759 2911 9782 2922 9788 2924 9763
2913 9758
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 247DEG 24KT 2916 9777
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ZEITLER1 follow-up statement
526
WWUS54 KEWX 260034
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
734 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
TXC493-260043-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150526T0045Z/
WILSON TX-
734 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2914 9774 2919 9777 2922 9773 2923 9774
2924 9763 2915 9759 2914 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 244DEG 21KT 2919 9771
$$
TXC177-255-260045-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150526T0045Z/
GONZALES TX-KARNES TX-
734 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES AND NORTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTIES...
AT 733 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NIXON...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES AND NORTHEASTERN KARNES COUNTIES.
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 2914 9774 2919 9777 2922 9773 2923 9774
2924 9763 2915 9759 2914 9759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 244DEG 21KT 2919 9771
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
ZEITLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 10 min |
| May 25, 7:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 19 hr |
| May 25, 7:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 46 hr |
| May 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Karnes, Lavaca, Wilson | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| May 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 35 min |
| May 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 55 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 58 hr |
| May 25, 8:59 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 71 hr |
| May 25, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 42 min |
| May 25, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 56 min |
| May 25, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 48 min |
| May 25, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 4 days |
| May 25, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 44 min |
| May 25, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Hays | 57 min |
| May 26, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.