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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2018, 4:42 PM CDT for Lee 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
- Oct 31, 2018, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2018, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lee County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
444
WFUS54 KEWX 312142
TOREWX
TXC287-312215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0014.181031T2142Z-181031T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
442 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Lee County in south central Texas...
* Until 515 PM CDT
* At 441 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Dime Box, or 8 miles southeast of Lexington,
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Dime Box, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway, Old Dime Box and
Lincoln.
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 3030 9672 3026 9695 3031 9700 3043 9687
3043 9685 3039 9680 3034 9675 3033 9676
3032 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 240DEG 22KT 3031 9692
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
470
WWUS54 KEWX 312153
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
453 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
TXC287-312215-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181031T2215Z/
Lee TX-
453 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...
At 452 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Dime Box, or 11 miles southeast of Lexington, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Dime Box, Lake Somerville State Park & Trailway and Old Dime Box.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3028 9686 3035 9692 3040 9685 3041 9683
3039 9680 3034 9675 3033 9676 3032 9674
3030 9672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 243DEG 25KT 3035 9683
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$222
WWUS54 KEWX 312210
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
510 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
TXC287-312218-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-181031T2215Z/
Lee TX-
510 PM CDT WED OCT 31 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small
hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm as it
moves away from the area shortly.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for south central
Texas.
LAT...LON 3028 9686 3035 9692 3040 9685 3041 9683
3039 9680 3034 9675 3033 9676 3032 9674
3030 9672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 240DEG 22KT 3038 9676
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 25 min |
| Oct 31, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 16 min |
| Oct 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 48 min |
| Oct 31, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 44 min |
| Oct 31, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 39 min |
| Oct 31, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 57 min |
| Oct 31, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 20 min |
| Oct 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 80 min |
| Oct 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Hays | 54 min |
| Oct 31, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales | 2 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 63 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.