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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

December 26, 2015Burnet County, Texas

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.

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, 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.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

RUNYEN
2 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

$$

RUNYEN
441 
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 

$$

RUNYEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBurnet22 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.