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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2020, 8:25 PM CDT for Bexar County, Comal County, Guadalupe County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Bexar County, TX, Comal County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Hollywood Park, TX | TREE LINBS DOWN NEAR EVANS RD AND BULVERDE RD. |
| May 24, 8:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Hollywood Park, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. |
| May 24, 9:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Scenic Oaks, TX | REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF 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 |
| May 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
065
WFUS54 KEWX 250125
TOREWX
TXC029-091-187-250200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0027.200525T0125Z-200525T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
825 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Guadalupe County in south central Texas...
Northern Bexar County in south central Texas...
Southwestern Comal County in south central Texas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Shavano Park, or 7 miles northwest of San Antonio
Int Airport, 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, Schertz, Cibolo, Universal City, Live Oak, Selma, San
Antonio Int Airport, Randolph AFB, Canyon Lake, Leon Valley, Fair
Oaks Ranch, Bulverde, Garden Ridge, Shavano Park, Hollywood Park,
Cross Mountain, Santa Clara, Smithson Valley, The Dominion and
Timberwood Park.
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 2950 9861 2971 9872 2989 9828 2955 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 247DEG 40KT 2962 9856
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, 8:04 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, 8:32 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.