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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 9, 2024Burnet County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2024, 9:59 AM CDT for Burnet County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 9, 2024, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2024, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Burnet County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 9, 9:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 253 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: 287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

313 
WFUS54 KEWX 091459
TOREWX
TXC053-491-091530-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0003.240409T1459Z-240409T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
959 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Williamson County in south central Texas...
  Central Burnet County in south central Texas...

* Until 1030 AM CDT.

* At 958 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Marble Falls, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Burnet, Marble Falls, Bertram, Liberty Hill, Joppa, Smithwick,
  Oatmeal, and Shady Grove.

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 3066 9786 3062 9798 3061 9799 3063 9801
      3062 9801 3061 9803 3062 9805 3058 9808
      3052 9823 3068 9834 3089 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 240DEG 21KT 3064 9822 

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

$$

CP

2 follow-up statements

846 
WWUS54 KEWX 091508
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1008 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

TXC053-491-091530-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240409T1530Z/
Williamson TX-Burnet TX-
1008 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND CENTRAL BURNET COUNTIES...

At 1007 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Oatmeal, or near Burnet, moving northeast at 25 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...
Burnet, Marble Falls, Bertram, Liberty Hill, Joppa, Smithwick,
Oatmeal, and Shady Grove.

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 3066 9786 3062 9798 3061 9799 3063 9801
      3062 9801 3061 9803 3062 9805 3058 9808
      3052 9823 3068 9834 3089 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1507Z 238DEG 22KT 3068 9816 

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

$$

CP

134 
WWUS54 KEWX 091529
SVSEWX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1029 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

TXC053-491-091539-
/O.EXP.KEWX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240409T1530Z/
Williamson TX-Burnet TX-
1029 AM CDT Tue Apr 9 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WILLIAMSON AND CENTRAL BURNET
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM CDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM CDT for south central
Texas.

LAT...LON 3066 9786 3062 9798 3061 9799 3063 9801
      3062 9801 3061 9803 3062 9805 3058 9808
      3052 9823 3068 9834 3089 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 240DEG 21KT 3074 9803 

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 7:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	DeWitt, Lavaca	45 min
Apr 9, 7:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis, Williamson	48 min
Apr 9, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Lee	46 min
Apr 9, 8:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	28 min
Apr 9, 9:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	36 min
Apr 9, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet, Llano	52 min
Apr 9, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet	55 min
Apr 9, 10:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Burnet, Llano	3 hr
Apr 9, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Williamson	47 min
Apr 9, 10:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 9, 1:40 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	EWX	Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde and 2 more	8 hr
Apr 9, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	43 min
Apr 9, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Travis	66 min
Apr 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	EWX	Travis	3 hr
Apr 9, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	38 min
Apr 9, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Travis, Williamson	65 min
Apr 9, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Llano	53 min
Apr 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson	48 min
Apr 9, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet	55 min
Apr 9, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Travis	47 min
Apr 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Llano	43 min
Apr 9, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	EWX	Burnet	38 min
Apr 9, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Llano	54 min
Apr 9, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet, Williamson	61 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.