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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 30, 2015Gillespie County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 2015, 11:32 PM CDT for Gillespie County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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: Oct 30, 2015, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Gillespie County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 30, 11:42 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Fredericksburg, TX	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG CRABAPPLE ROAD AND OAKHAVEN ROAD IN NORTH FREDERICKSBURG. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS BBQ PIT TOSSED AND CHILDERNS PLAY SET DESTROYED.

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
Oct 30, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 229 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1815 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.0
Supercell composite: 8.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

047 
WFUS54 KEWX 310432
TOREWX
TXC171-310515-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0051.151031T0432Z-151031T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1132 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
    
* AT 1132 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FREDERICKSBURG AROUND 1140 PM CDT.
  CRABAPPLE AROUND 1155 PM CDT.
  ECKERT AND WILLOW CITY AROUND 1200 AM 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 3050 9859 3033 9859 3015 9895 3026 9906
      3050 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 226DEG 33KT 3026 9894 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ALLEN

3 follow-up statements

296 
WWUS54 KEWX 310437
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1137 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

TXC171-310515-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-151031T0515Z/
GILLESPIE TX-
1137 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
GILLESPIE COUNTY...
    
AT 1137 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FREDERICKSBURG...WILLOW CITY...ECKERT AND CRABAPPLE. 

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 3050 9859 3033 9859 3018 9889 3031 9901
      3050 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 227DEG 32KT 3029 9890 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ALLEN

646 
WWUS54 KEWX 310454
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1154 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

TXC171-310515-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-151031T0515Z/
GILLESPIE TX-
1154 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...
    
AT 1153 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ECKERT...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FREDERICKSBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STONEWALL...WILLOW CITY...ECKERT AND CRABAPPLE. 

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 3050 9859 3033 9859 3024 9876 3039 9892
      3050 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 226DEG 33KT 3040 9877 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ALLEN

305 
WWUS54 KEWX 310501
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1201 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

TXC171-310515-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-151031T0515Z/
GILLESPIE TX-
1201 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GILLESPIE COUNTY...
    
AT 1201 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WILLOW CITY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FREDERICKSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLOW CITY...ECKERT AND CRABAPPLE. 

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 3050 9859 3033 9859 3028 9869 3039 9892
      3050 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0501Z 226DEG 26KT 3039 9872 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

ALLEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	53 min
Oct 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde	62 min
Oct 30, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde	57 min
Oct 30, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	47 min
Oct 30, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	41 min
Oct 30, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	39 min
Oct 30, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Fayette	62 hr
Oct 30, 9:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	EWX	Fayette	4 days
Oct 30, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Real	57 min
Oct 30, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Kerr, Real	61 min
Oct 30, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Val Verde	29 min
Oct 30, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Val Verde	40 min
Oct 30, 10:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis, Williamson	6 hr
Oct 30, 10:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Val Verde	3 hr
Oct 30, 10:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Lee	6 hr
Oct 30, 10:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays, Travis, Williamson	6 hr
Oct 30, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde	63 min
Oct 30, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kerr	45 min
Oct 30, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	52 min
Oct 30, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real	77 min
Oct 30, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	61 min
Oct 31, 12:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	39 min
Oct 31, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr, Real	65 min
Oct 31, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Llano	72 min
Oct 31, 1:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr	3 hr
Oct 31, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Blanco, Burnet, Travis, Williamson	78 min
Oct 31, 2:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Hays and 4 more	7 hr
Oct 31, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Wilson	64 min
Oct 31, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Guadalupe, Wilson	53 min
Oct 31, 3:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Lee, Williamson	5 hr
Oct 31, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Travis	58 min
Oct 31, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lee	63 min
Oct 31, 5:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca	113 min
Oct 31, 9:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays, Lee and 2 more	6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.