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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2020, 11:18 PM CDT for DeWitt County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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, 11:18 PM CDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2020, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County DeWitt County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KEWX 250418
TOREWX
TXC123-250445-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0029.200525T0418Z-200525T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1118 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central DeWitt County in south central Texas...
* Until 1145 PM CDT.
* At 1117 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Yorktown, moving east at 35 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...
Cuero, Yorktown and Gruenau.
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 2898 9753 2908 9758 2922 9728 2901 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 250DEG 33KT 2904 9748
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BMW1 follow-up statement
335
WWUS54 KEWX 250432
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1132 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
TXC123-250445-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-200525T0445Z/
DeWitt TX-
1132 PM CDT Sun May 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DEWITT COUNTY...
At 1131 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cuero, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Cuero.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2899 9743 2913 9748 2922 9728 2901 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 250DEG 33KT 2909 9734
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
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, 8:25 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, 11:28 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.