Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 9:16 AM CST for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 8, 2016, 9:16 AM CST (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 9:17 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Sse Andice, TX | NWS AND EMERGENCY MANAGER STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A WEAK EF0 TORNADO FORMED A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDICE. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO A FEW RESIDENCES... TREES... AND OUTBUILDINGS. MAX WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE 80 MPH. |
| Mar 8, 9:20 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Andice, TX | |
| Mar 8, 9:29 AM CST | HAIL 0.7 | Andice, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:24 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1032 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KEWX 081516
TOREWX
TXC491-081545-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0001.160308T1516Z-160308T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
916 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 916 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ANDICE...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF SERENADA...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...
FLORENCE AROUND 925 AM 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 3090 9777 3087 9763 3086 9760 3083 9763
3070 9780 3075 9789 3091 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 215DEG 30KT 3076 9783
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAMPSHIRE3 follow-up statements
537
WWUS54 KEWX 081522
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
922 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC491-081545-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T1545Z/
WILLIAMSON TX-
922 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY...
AT 922 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FLORENCE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SERENADA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FLORENCE AROUND 925 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 9777 3087 9763 3086 9760 3083 9763
3077 9771 3075 9780 3077 9786 3091 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 210DEG 31KT 3081 9780
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAMPSHIRE526
WWUS54 KEWX 081529
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
929 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC491-081545-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T1545Z/
WILLIAMSON TX-
929 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY...
AT 929 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORENCE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF SERENADA...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 9777 3087 9763 3086 9760 3083 9763
3077 9771 3080 9780 3091 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 230DEG 30KT 3084 9770
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
HAMPSHIRE914
WWUS54 KEWX 081538
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
938 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC491-081547-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160308T1545Z/
WILLIAMSON TX-
938 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WILLIAMSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 AM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3090 9777 3087 9763 3086 9760 3083 9763
3077 9771 3080 9780 3091 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 215DEG 30KT 3084 9770
$$
HAMPSHIREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 1:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 1:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 1:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 1:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 2:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 2:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 2:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 3:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 28 min |
| Mar 8, 6:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 6:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 7:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 38 min |
| Mar 8, 8:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 24 min |
| Mar 8, 9:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 43 min |
| Mar 8, 2:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 47 min |
| Mar 8, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 75 min |
| Mar 8, 4:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.