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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 26, 2015Burnet County, Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 703 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 307 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

468 
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

$$

RUNYEN
2 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

$$

RUNYEN
374 
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 

$$

RUNYEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 4:09 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBurnet15 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.