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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2019, 7:22 AM CDT for DeWitt County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 3, 2019, 7:22 AM CDT (12:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2019, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County DeWitt County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 2136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
008
WFUS54 KEWX 031222
TOREWX
TXC123-031245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0010.190503T1222Z-190503T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
722 AM CDT Fri May 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central DeWitt County in south central Texas...
* Until 745 AM CDT.
* At 722 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Yorktown, moving east at 15 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...
Gruenau.
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 2901 9759 2908 9761 2914 9741 2902 9739
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 257DEG 14KT 2905 9757
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| May 2, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 83 min |
| May 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 86 min |
| May 2, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 22 min |
| May 2, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Zavala | 63 min |
| May 2, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 61 min |
| May 2, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 26 min |
| May 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 26 min |
| May 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 62 min |
| May 2, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 41 min |
| May 2, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Val Verde | 6 hr |
| May 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 64 min |
| May 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 52 min |
| May 2, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 41 min |
| May 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 75 min |
| May 3, 12:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 3 hr |
| May 3, 1:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 7 hr |
| May 3, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 78 min |
| May 3, 2:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 37 min |
| May 3, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 32 min |
| May 3, 3:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Burnet | 3 hr |
| May 3, 5:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 35 min |
| May 3, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| May 3, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 67 min |
| May 3, 8:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 27 min |
| May 3, 8:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 2 hr |
| May 3, 8:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 31 min |
| May 3, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 46 min |
| May 3, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 40 min |
| May 3, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 38 min |
| May 3, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 48 min |
| May 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 63 min |
| May 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 46 min |
| May 3, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 39 min |
| May 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 45 min |
| May 3, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| May 3, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 39 min |
| May 3, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall | 119 min |
| May 3, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 55 min |
| May 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 35 min |
| May 3, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 46 min |
| May 3, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 54 min |
| May 3, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 11 hr |
| May 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 46 min |
| May 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 26 min |
| May 3, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 42 min |
| May 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 47 min |
| May 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 45 min |
| May 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays, Travis | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit | 3 hr |
| May 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 11 hr |
| May 3, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 63 min |
| May 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 46 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 37 min |
| May 3, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 62 min |
| May 3, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kendall | 51 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.