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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2020, 8:04 PM CDT for Bexar County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. 4 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
- May 24, 2020, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bexar County, TX, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ssw Government Canyon, TX | DELAYED REPORT FROM SUNDAY MAY 24....A NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT A WIDE SWATH OF SEVERE 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS CAUSED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE TO AREAS NEAR CARTWRIGHT TRAIL, TALLEY ROAD, AS WELL AS AREAS ALONG CULEBRA ROAD. FENCES WERE BLOWN DOWN, SHEDS OVERT |
| May 24, 8:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Helotes, TX | DELAYED REPORT FROM SUNDAY MAY 24...A NWS DAMAGE SURVEY CONCLUDED THAT AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY AND PRODUCED DAMAGE ALONG FLYING FURY DR. AND PALOMINO PATH. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 100 MPH. |
| May 24, 8:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Grey Forest, TX | DELAYED REPORT FROM SUNDAY MAY 24...SEVERAL HOMES OFF GREY FOX SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. FENCES WERE ALSO OBSERVED TO BE DAMAGED. |
| May 24, 8:23 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Helotes, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
159
WFUS54 KEWX 250104
TOREWX
TXC029-325-250130-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0026.200525T0104Z-200525T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
804 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Medina County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Bexar County in south central Texas...
* Until 830 PM CDT.
* At 803 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cliff, or 9 miles north of Castroville, moving
east at 45 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...
San Antonio, San Antonio Int Airport, Leon Valley, Helotes, Alamo
Heights, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park, Cross Mountain, Olmos Park,
Cliff, The Dominion, Government Canyon State Natural Area, Sea
World, Timberwood Park, Castle Hills, Balcones Heights, Hill
Country Village, Grey Forest and Fiesta Texas.
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 2942 9887 2953 9893 2971 9849 2949 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 247DEG 40KT 2949 9882
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BMW1 follow-up statement
249
WWUS54 KEWX 250119
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
819 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
TXC325-250128-
/O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-200525T0130Z/
Medina TX-
819 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Texas.
LAT...LON 2946 9871 2958 9874 2971 9849 2949 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 247DEG 40KT 2956 9864
$$
TXC029-250130-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-200525T0130Z/
Bexar TX-
819 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...
At 818 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Helotes, or 9 miles northwest of San Antonio, moving
northeast at 45 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...
San Antonio, San Antonio Int Airport, Leon Valley, Helotes, Alamo
Heights, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park, Cross Mountain, Timberwood
Park, Sea World, Government Canyon State Natural Area, Castle Hills,
Balcones Heights, Hill Country Village, Grey Forest and Fiesta Texas.
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 2946 9871 2958 9874 2971 9849 2949 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 247DEG 40KT 2956 9864
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BMWThe 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, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio | 26 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, 8:14 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.