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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 18, 2021Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2021, 7:13 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 18, 2021, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Fayette County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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.

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 18, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

672 
WFUS54 KEWX 190013
TOREWX
TXC149-190045-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0017.210519T0013Z-210519T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
713 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Fayette County in south central Texas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 713 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near La Grange, moving northeast at 15 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...
  La Grange, Rutersville, Mullins Prairie, Holman and Ellinger. 

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 2978 9682 2987 9692 3000 9680 2987 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 235DEG 15KT 2984 9683 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

YB

1 follow-up statement

273 
WWUS54 KEWX 190026
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
726 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021

TXC149-190045-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210519T0045Z/
Fayette TX-
726 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...
    
At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near La Grange, moving northeast at 15 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...
Mullins Prairie and Rutersville. 

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 2983 9682 2987 9687 3000 9680 2987 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 235DEG 15KT 2987 9678 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

YB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	EWX	Lavaca	20 min
May 18, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lavaca	48 min
May 18, 7:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Fayette, Lavaca	4 hr
May 18, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	DeWitt, Gonzales, Lavaca	4 hr
May 19, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Maverick	45 min
May 19, 1:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	45 min
May 19, 1:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson	2 hr
May 19, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt, Karnes, Wilson	45 min
May 19, 2:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes and 2 more	3 hr
May 19, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Gonzales, Lavaca	42 min
May 19, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Fayette	41 min
May 19, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lee	16 min
May 19, 5:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	41 min
May 19, 6:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Karnes	52 min
May 19, 6:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Atascosa, Frio	3 hr
May 19, 6:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Dimmit	49 min
May 19, 7:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	EWX	Atascosa, Karnes, Wilson	3 hr
May 19, 9:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Atascosa	59 min
May 19, 1:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards	3 hr
May 19, 1:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Edwards, Val Verde	2 hr
May 19, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Edwards	49 min
May 19, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Kinney	41 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.