Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2019, 6:50 AM CDT for Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 13, 2019, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2019, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
937
WFUS54 KEWX 131150
TOREWX
TXC463-131215-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0003.190413T1150Z-190413T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
650 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Uvalde County in south central Texas...
* Until 715 AM CDT.
* At 650 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cline, or 12 miles northwest of Uvalde, moving
east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Uvalde and Cline.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2924 10008 2932 10008 2945 9971 2923 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 269DEG 22KT 2929 9997
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUFFMAN1 follow-up statement
126
WWUS54 KEWX 131208
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
708 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
TXC463-131215-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190413T1215Z/
Uvalde TX-
708 AM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
UVALDE COUNTY...
At 707 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Uvalde, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Uvalde.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2924 9992 2935 9993 2945 9971 2923 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 1207Z 269DEG 22KT 2929 9985
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HUFFMANThe 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, 5:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.