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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2016, 10:37 PM CST for Frio County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 8, 2016, 10:37 PM CST (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 11:10 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Frio County, TX, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
358
WFUS54 KEWX 090437
TOREWX
TXC163-325-090530-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0004.160309T0437Z-160309T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1037 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FRIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST
* AT 1036 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BLUFF...OR 11 MILES WEST OF PEARSALL...
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...
FRIO TOWN AROUND 1055 PM CST.
YANCEY AROUND 1125 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 2878 9926 2888 9940 2930 9941 2920 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 196DEG 20KT 2891 9928
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
141
WWUS54 KEWX 090452
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1052 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC163-325-090530-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160309T0530Z/
FRIO TX-MEDINA TX-
1052 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRIO AND SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTIES...
AT 1052 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH PEARSALL...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEARSALL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOORE AROUND 1120 PM CST.
YANCEY AROUND 1125 PM CST.
BIRY AROUND 1130 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2878 9926 2888 9940 2930 9941 2920 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 217DEG 20KT 2897 9919
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CP316
WWUS54 KEWX 090510
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1110 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
TXC163-325-090520-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160309T0530Z/
FRIO TX-MEDINA TX-
1110 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FRIO AND SOUTHERN MEDINA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2878 9926 2888 9940 2930 9941 2920 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 196DEG 20KT 2907 9916
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 6:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 46 min |
| Mar 8, 7:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 50 min |
| Mar 8, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 64 min |
| Mar 8, 7:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 79 min |
| Mar 8, 8:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 8:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 8:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 8:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 58 min |
| Mar 8, 8:33 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 8:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 72 min |
| Mar 8, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Uvalde | 70 min |
| Mar 8, 9:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 9:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 56 min |
| Mar 8, 9:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 17 min |
| Mar 8, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 10:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 60 min |
| Mar 8, 10:40 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 65 min |
| Mar 8, 10:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 10:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 27 min |
| Mar 8, 11:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa | 61 min |
| Mar 8, 11:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 11:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 51 min |
| Mar 8, 11:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 11:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie | 28 min |
| Mar 9, 12:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 12:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 12:36 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 39 min |
| Mar 9, 1:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Hays | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 46 min |
| Mar 9, 1:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 1:30 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales | 60 min |
| Mar 9, 1:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 1:53 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 3:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 4:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 30 min |
| Mar 9, 9:20 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 115 min |
| Mar 9, 9:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| Mar 9, 9:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 1:49 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 116 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.