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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2016Frio County, Medina County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 7:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

CP
2 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

$$

CP
316 
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 

$$

CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 6:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit54 min
Mar 8, 6:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala59 min
Mar 8, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala46 min
Mar 8, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde50 min
Mar 8, 7:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real59 min
Mar 8, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Zavala64 min
Mar 8, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde79 min
Mar 8, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXUvalde44 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney56 min
Mar 8, 8:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real48 min
Mar 8, 8:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGillespie58 min
Mar 8, 8:33 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXUvalde3 hr
Mar 8, 8:45 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala60 min
Mar 8, 8:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie72 min
Mar 8, 8:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina, Uvalde70 min
Mar 8, 9:04 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDimmit, Zavala3 hr
Mar 8, 9:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio53 min
Mar 8, 9:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Zavala56 min
Mar 8, 9:31 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDimmit17 min
Mar 8, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano32 min
Mar 8, 10:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio60 min
Mar 8, 10:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio65 min
Mar 8, 10:46 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera59 min
Mar 8, 10:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina27 min
Mar 8, 11:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXAtascosa61 min
Mar 8, 11:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall39 min
Mar 8, 11:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet51 min
Mar 8, 11:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Medina54 min
Mar 8, 11:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall41 min
Mar 9, 12:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie28 min
Mar 9, 12:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Guadalupe46 min
Mar 9, 12:33 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTravis42 min
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 9 more7 hr
Mar 9, 12:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar39 min
Mar 9, 1:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Hays43 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBexar46 min
Mar 9, 1:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson51 min
Mar 9, 1:30 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales60 min
Mar 9, 1:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Mar 9, 1:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop38 min
Mar 9, 1:53 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal37 min
Mar 9, 3:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca36 min
Mar 9, 4:45 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFrio30 min
Mar 9, 9:20 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Lavaca115 min
Mar 9, 9:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca51 min
Mar 9, 9:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKarnes26 min
Mar 9, 1:49 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXDeWitt, Lavaca116 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.