Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 4:58 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- May 26, 2016, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Fayette County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 3958 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
228
WFUS54 KEWX 262158
TOREWX
TXC149-262230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0007.160526T2158Z-160526T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
458 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 458 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROUND TOP...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GIDDINGS...
MOVING EAST 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROUND TOP...CARMINE...LEDBETTER AND WINEDALE.
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 3005 9662 3008 9686 3012 9685 3016 9680
3014 9677 3015 9671 3016 9669 3015 9669
3014 9665 3013 9665 3012 9664 3008 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 279DEG 21KT 3012 9678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TB32 follow-up statements
876
WWUS54 KEWX 262215
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
515 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXC149-262230-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160526T2230Z/
FAYETTE TX-
515 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROUND TOP...OR 16 MILES WEST OF BRENHAM...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROUND TOP...CARMINE AND WINEDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3005 9662 3007 9678 3014 9677 3015 9671
3016 9669 3015 9669 3014 9665 3013 9665
3012 9664 3008 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 279DEG 21KT 3010 9666
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
TB3632
WWUS54 KEWX 262224
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
524 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXC149-262234-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160526T2230Z/
FAYETTE TX-
524 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO.
LAT...LON 3005 9662 3007 9678 3014 9677 3015 9671
3016 9669 3015 9669 3014 9665 3013 9665
3012 9664 3008 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 279DEG 21KT 3010 9666
$$
TB3The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 43 min |
| May 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 12 more | 28 hr |
| May 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 33 min |
| May 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 52 min |
| May 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 27 min |
| May 26, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 77 min |
| May 26, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lee | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 33 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 26 min |
| May 26, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 30 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 29 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.