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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2017, 11:47 PM CDT for Kinney County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 28, 2017, 11:47 PM CDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2017, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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 28, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 2145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 16.9
The text
As transmitted.
534
WFUS54 KEWX 290447
TOREWX
TXC271-463-290515-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0010.170329T0447Z-170329T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1147 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Kinney County in south central Texas...
Western Uvalde County in south central Texas...
* Until 1215 AM CDT
* At 1147 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 7 miles west of Cline, or 12 miles east of
Brackettville, moving northeast at 55 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...
Uvalde, Brackettville, Laguna, Uvalde Estates, Montell, Dabney,
Blewett, Cline, Anacacho and Turkey Mountain.
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 2909 10038 2937 10042 2962 9989 2911 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 240DEG 49KT 2931 10021
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
746
WWUS54 KEWX 290458
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1158 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
TXC271-463-290515-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170329T0515Z/
Kinney TX-Uvalde TX-
1158 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY AND WESTERN UVALDE COUNTIES...
At 1158 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cline, or 17 miles west of Uvalde, moving east at 50
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Uvalde, Brackettville, Laguna, Uvalde Estates, Montell, Dabney,
Blewett, Cline, Anacacho and Turkey Mountain.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2909 10038 2937 10042 2962 9989 2911 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 258DEG 44KT 2930 10005
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CP383
WWUS54 KEWX 290517
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1217 AM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
TXC271-463-290527-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170329T0515Z/
Kinney TX-Uvalde TX-
1217 AM CDT WED MAR 29 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY AND WESTERN UVALDE
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
south central Texas.
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 2909 10038 2937 10042 2962 9989 2911 9969
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 240DEG 49KT 2942 9981
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 9:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kinney, Medina and 2 more | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Zavala | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 1 more | 52 min |
| Mar 29, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick, Zavala | 72 min |
| Mar 29, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Kendall and 3 more | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Frio and 7 more | 68 min |
| Mar 29, 2:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales and 5 more | 71 min |
| Mar 29, 3:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis | 114 min |
| Mar 29, 3:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 5:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 113 min |
| Mar 29, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette, Lee | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 40 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.