Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2020, 8:58 PM CDT for Kinney County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 11, 2020, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2020, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 9:08 PM CDT | HAIL 4 | Brackettville, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 3028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.8
- Supercell composite
- 23.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KEWX 120158
TOREWX
TXC271-463-120230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0005.200412T0158Z-200412T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
858 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Kinney County in south central Texas...
West central Uvalde County in south central Texas...
* Until 930 PM CDT.
* At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Brackettville, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Brackettville, Spofford, Anacacho, Turkey Mountain and Fort Clark
Springs.
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 2917 10054 2935 10057 2945 10011 2918 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 262DEG 29KT 2927 10047
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BF2 follow-up statements
277
WWUS54 KEWX 120214
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
914 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020
TXC271-463-120230-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200412T0230Z/
Kinney TX-Uvalde TX-
914 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY AND WEST CENTRAL UVALDE COUNTIES...
At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Brackettville, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Brackettville, Anacacho, Turkey Mountain and Fort Clark Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2918 10046 2937 10049 2945 10011 2918 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 262DEG 29KT 2929 10032
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
BF390
WWUS54 KEWX 120229
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
929 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020
TXC271-463-120238-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200412T0230Z/
Kinney TX-Uvalde TX-
929 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY AND WEST CENTRAL
UVALDE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. However
small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for south central
Texas.
LAT...LON 2918 10046 2937 10049 2945 10011 2918 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 262DEG 29KT 2931 10019
$$
BFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 60 min |
| Apr 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 48 min |
| Apr 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 45 min |
| Apr 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 25 min |
| Apr 12, 2:23 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr, Real | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 3:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Gillespie, Llano | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 4:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 4:20 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Val Verde and 1 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 66 min |
| Apr 12, 4:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Llano | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 20 min |
| Apr 12, 5:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet, Travis, Williamson | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 6:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 47 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.