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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2019, 12:01 PM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 4, 2019, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2019, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KEWX 041701
TOREWX
TXC463-041715-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0022.190604T1701Z-190604T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1201 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Uvalde County in south central Texas...
* Until 1215 PM CDT.
* At 1200 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Knippa, or 16 miles northeast of Uvalde,
moving northeast 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Uvalde County.
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 2931 9954 2933 9960 2941 9956 2939 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1700Z 216DEG 13KT 2934 9956
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BMW1 follow-up statement
539
WWUS54 KEWX 041714
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1214 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019
TXC463-041724-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-190604T1715Z/
Uvalde TX-
1214 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1215 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 2931 9954 2933 9960 2941 9956 2939 9947
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 216DEG 13KT 2938 9953
$$
BMWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 2:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 19 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 8:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde | 114 min |
| Jun 4, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 21 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 15 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 40 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Medina | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 15 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 17 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 15 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa | 3 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.