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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2017, 6:57 AM CDT for Bastrop County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 20 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
- Aug 26, 2017, 6:57 AM CDT (11:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2017, 7:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
362
WFUS54 KEWX 261157
TOREWX
TXC021-287-261230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0024.170826T1157Z-170826T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
657 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Bastrop County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Lee County in south central Texas...
* Until 730 AM CDT
* At 657 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Fedor, or 9 miles southwest of Lexington, moving
north at 20 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...
Fedor, Knobb Springs and Blue.
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 3022 9712 3040 9730 3047 9703 3028 9699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1157Z 159DEG 17KT 3029 9709
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
807
WWUS54 KEWX 261210
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
710 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
TXC021-287-261230-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170826T1230Z/
Bastrop TX-Lee TX-
710 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BASTROP AND WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...
At 709 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles west of Fedor, or 10 miles east of Elgin, moving
northwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Knobb Springs and Blue.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 9712 3040 9730 3043 9716 3024 9707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 133DEG 21KT 3036 9720
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
CP456
WWUS54 KEWX 261217
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
717 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
TXC021-287-261227-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-170826T1230Z/
Bastrop TX-Lee TX-
717 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BASTROP AND WEST CENTRAL LEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled. However gusty winds are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for south central
Texas.
LAT...LON 3022 9712 3040 9730 3043 9716 3024 9707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 159DEG 17KT 3040 9722
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 3 days |
| Aug 26, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | DeWitt | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:10 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Frio, Kendall, Lee, Medina and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, DeWitt, Fayette and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 50 hr |
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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.