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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2024, 5:51 PM CDT for Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2024, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Llano County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 4728 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.5
- Supercell composite
- 32.6
The text
As transmitted.
637
WFUS54 KEWX 092251
TOREWX
TXC299-092330-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0004.240509T2251Z-240509T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
551 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Llano County in south central Texas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 548 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pontotoc, or 17 miles northeast of Mason, moving
southeast 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...
Llano, Castell, Field Creek, Baby Head, Lone Grove, Valley Spring,
Tow, and Stolz.
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 3090 9845 3053 9877 3067 9897 3089 9897
3092 9893 3092 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 300DEG 28KT 3093 9903
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
CP2 follow-up statements
918
WWUS54 KEWX 092303
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
603 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024
TXC299-092330-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-240509T2330Z/
Llano TX-
603 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
LLANO COUNTY...
At 603 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Field Creek, or 16 miles northwest of Llano, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Llano, Castell, Field Creek, Baby Head, Lone Grove, Valley Spring,
Tow, and Stolz.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 9845 3053 9877 3067 9897 3089 9897
3092 9893 3092 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 300DEG 28KT 3087 9891
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CP895
WWUS54 KEWX 092318
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
618 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024
TXC299-092330-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-240509T2330Z/
Llano TX-
618 PM CDT Thu May 9 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
LLANO COUNTY...
At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Valley Spring, or 7 miles west of Llano, moving
southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size 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...
Llano, Castell, Field Creek, Baby Head, Lone Grove, Valley Spring,
Tow, and Stolz.
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 3090 9845 3053 9877 3067 9897 3089 9897
3092 9893 3092 9845
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 301DEG 29KT 3079 9879
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:12 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 9, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 61 min |
| May 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 31 min |
| May 9, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano | 62 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.