Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2019, 5:10 AM CDT for Kinney County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2019, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2019, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Kinney County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:33 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Brackettville, TX | QUARTER TO SILVER DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN THE CENTER OF BRACKETTVILLE. |
| Apr 13, 5:47 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Brackettville, TX | PUBLIC REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN DOWNTOWN BRACKETTVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KEWX 131010
TOREWX
TXC271-131100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0002.190413T1010Z-190413T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
510 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Kinney County in south central Texas...
* Until 600 AM CDT.
* At 510 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Standart, or 12 miles southwest of
Brackettville, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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...
Brackettville, Spofford and Fort Clark Springs.
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 2921 10069 2929 10068 2940 10038 2914 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 280DEG 13KT 2924 10061
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
MO3 follow-up statements
402
WWUS54 KEWX 131024
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
524 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
TXC271-131100-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190413T1100Z/
Kinney TX-
524 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KINNEY COUNTY...
At 524 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Standart, or 8 miles southwest of
Brackettville, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Brackettville, Spofford and Fort Clark Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2920 10060 2931 10060 2940 10038 2916 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 261DEG 16KT 2925 10054
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
MO539
WWUS54 KEWX 131040
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
540 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
TXC271-131100-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190413T1100Z/
Kinney TX-
540 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
KINNEY COUNTY...
At 540 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Brackettville, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball 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...
Brackettville and Fort Clark Springs.
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 2922 10050 2931 10052 2940 10038 2921 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 276DEG 21KT 2926 10042
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
MO457
WWUS54 KEWX 131052
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
552 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
TXC271-131100-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190413T1100Z/
Kinney TX-
552 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KINNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600
AM CDT...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has lost the
signs that a tornado was possible Therefore, the tornado warning
will be allowed to expire. A severe thunderstorm warning remains in
effect for East central Kinney County through 630 am cdt.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for south central
Texas.
LAT...LON 2922 10050 2931 10052 2940 10038 2921 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 280DEG 13KT 2925 10038
$$
MOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kimble | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 3:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 17 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 67 min |
| Apr 13, 6:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 8:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 63 min |
| Apr 13, 8:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Travis | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 8:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 8:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Kendall, Medina | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 9:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 9:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 10:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Hays, Kendall and 2 more | 66 min |
| Apr 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 41 min |
| Apr 13, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Travis, Williamson | 64 min |
| Apr 13, 11:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Karnes | 49 min |
| Apr 13, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 12:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.