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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2015, 3:41 PM CST for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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
- Dec 26, 2015, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 4:03 PM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Burnet County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 703 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 307 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KEWX 262141
TOREWX
TXC053-262215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0052.151226T2141Z-151226T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
341 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CST
* AT 341 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INKS LAKE STATE PARK...OR NEAR BURNET...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 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...
BURNET AROUND 355 PM CST.
LAKE VICTOR AROUND 410 PM CST.
SUNNYLANE AROUND 415 PM CST.
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 3098 9808 3062 9821 3065 9842 3067 9842
3068 9840 3071 9842 3074 9837 3075 9841
3082 9841 3082 9839 3083 9838 3085 9840
3103 9839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 190DEG 25KT 3071 9830
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
RUNYEN2 follow-up statements
787
WWUS54 KEWX 262152
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
352 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
TXC053-262215-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-151226T2215Z/
BURNET TX-
352 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY...
AT 352 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BURNET...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE VICTOR AND SUNNYLANE AROUND 415 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3072 9823 3074 9836 3103 9839 3098 9809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 189DEG 23KT 3078 9829
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUNYEN374
WWUS54 KEWX 262203
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
403 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
TXC053-262212-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-151226T2215Z/
BURNET TX-
403 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3072 9823 3074 9836 3103 9839 3098 9809
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 190DEG 25KT 3085 9827
$$
RUNYENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 15 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.