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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2020, 7:49 PM CDT for Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 24, 2020, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2020, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Frio County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2650 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
049
WFUS54 KEWX 250049
TOREWX
TXC163-250115-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0025.200525T0049Z-200525T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
749 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Frio County in south central Texas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 749 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Derby, or 7 miles southwest of Pearsall, moving
north at 15 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...
Pearsall, North Pearsall, Divot, Derby and Three Oaks.
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.
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Austin San Antonio.
&&
LAT...LON 2871 9910 2876 9930 2905 9926 2898 9896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 195DEG 15KT 2881 9918
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BF2 follow-up statements
797
WWUS54 KEWX 250101
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
801 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
TXC163-250115-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-200525T0115Z/
Frio TX-
801 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
FRIO COUNTY...
At 801 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pearsall, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Pearsall and North Pearsall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 2879 9912 2882 9929 2905 9926 2899 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 195DEG 15KT 2886 9916
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BF217
WWUS54 KEWX 250116
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
816 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
TXC163-250125-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-200525T0115Z/
Frio TX-
816 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FRIO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Texas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Frio County until 9 pm.
LAT...LON 2879 9912 2882 9929 2905 9926 2899 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 195DEG 15KT 2891 9914
$$
BFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Frio | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Zavala | 54 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Zavala | 65 min |
| May 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina, Real, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 24, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 5 hr |
| May 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Zavala | 68 min |
| May 24, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 41 min |
| May 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 8 more | 60 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 26 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Maverick, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 24, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 35 min |
| May 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 2 hr |
| May 24, 8:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick, Zavala | 2 hr |
| May 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio | 29 min |
| May 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 23 min |
| May 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 4 more | 66 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Karnes, Medina, Wilson | 61 min |
| May 24, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Kendall | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays, Llano and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina, Wilson | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | 63 min |
| May 24, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, DeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson | 56 min |
| May 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales | 62 min |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca | 48 min |
| May 24, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 27 min |
| May 24, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 25 min |
| May 24, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 61 min |
| May 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Caldwell | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bexar | 53 min |
| May 25, 6:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Hays | 3 hr |
| May 25, 6:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 27 hr |
| May 25, 8:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 25, 11:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 3 hr |
| May 25, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Hays | 3 hr |
| May 25, 3:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar, Wilson | 18 hr |
| May 25, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 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.