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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2015, 4:09 PM CST for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2015, 4:24 PM CST
- In force
- 15 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), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.
784
WFUS54 KEWX 262209
TOREWX
TXC053-262245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0053.151226T2209Z-151226T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
409 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 445 PM CST
* AT 409 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE VICTOR...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
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...
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 3080 9817 3083 9836 3084 9838 3103 9836
3103 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 192DEG 28KT 3091 9826
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
RUNYEN2 follow-up statements
923
WWUS54 KEWX 262219
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
419 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
TXC053-262245-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-151226T2245Z/
BURNET TX-
419 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY...
AT 419 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE VICTOR...OR NEAR LAMPASAS...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 9815 3091 9836 3097 9837 3103 9836
3103 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 182DEG 28KT 3099 9826
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RUNYEN441
WWUS54 KEWX 262224
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
424 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
TXC053-262234-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-151226T2245Z/
BURNET TX-
424 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BURNET COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3091 9815 3091 9836 3097 9837 3103 9836
3103 9813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 192DEG 28KT 3103 9825
$$
RUNYENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 22 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.