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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2026, 11:16 PM CDT for Fayette County, Gonzales County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 13 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 26, 2026, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2026, 11:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Lavaca County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 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 26, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted.
937
WFUS54 KEWX 270416
TOREWX
TXC149-177-285-270500-
/O.NEW.KEWX.TO.W.0013.260527T0416Z-260527T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1116 PM CDT Tue May 26 2026
The National Weather Service in Austin San Antonio has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Gonzales County in south central Texas...
South central Fayette County in south central Texas...
Northwestern Lavaca County in south central Texas...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1116 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Gonzales, 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Gonzales around 1120 PM CDT.
Moulton around 1140 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Komensky, Henkhaus, Witting, Moravia, Little New York, Newtonville,
Engle, Breslau, Nickle, and Dilworth.
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 2945 9746 2955 9751 2976 9701 2951 9697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 252DEG 30KT 2950 9744
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
622 follow-up statements
643
WWUS54 KEWX 270424
SVSEWX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX
1124 PM CDT Tue May 26 2026
TXC149-177-285-270500-
/O.CON.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260527T0500Z/
Gonzales TX-Fayette TX-Lavaca TX-
1124 PM CDT Tue May 26 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GONZALES...SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE AND NORTHWESTERN LAVACA
COUNTIES...
At 1124 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Gonzales, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Gonzales, south central Fayette and northwestern Lavaca
Counties, including the following locations... Komensky, Henkhaus,
Witting, Moravia, Little New York, Newtonville, Engle, Breslau,
Nickle, and Dilworth.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2946 9741 2959 9741 2976 9701 2951 9697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 267DEG 48KT 2949 9734
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
62462 WWUS54 KEWX 270429 SVSEWX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1129 PM CDT Tue May 26 2026 TXC149-177-285-270439- /O.CAN.KEWX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-260527T0500Z/ Gonzales TX-Fayette TX-Lavaca TX- 1129 PM CDT Tue May 26 2026 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GONZALES...SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE AND NORTHWESTERN LAVACA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... 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. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for south central Texas. LAT...LON 2946 9741 2959 9741 2976 9701 2951 9697 TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 252DEG 30KT 2950 9729 $$ 62
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde, Zavala | 60 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 41 min |
| May 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 54 min |
| May 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 40 min |
| May 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 12 min |
| May 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 59 min |
| May 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 3 hr |
| May 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 16 min |
| May 26, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 17 min |
| May 26, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Llano | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall and 2 more | 90 min |
| May 26, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Williamson | 79 min |
| May 26, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio, Medina | 68 min |
| May 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr | 58 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet, Williamson | 5 hr |
| May 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Bandera, Kendall | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Wilson | 91 min |
| May 26, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bastrop, Blanco, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and 4 more | 89 min |
| May 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Kendall, Medina | 3 hr |
| May 26, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe | 42 min |
| May 26, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales, Guadalupe | 28 min |
| May 26, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| May 26, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Lavaca | 56 min |
| May 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Fayette, Lee | 77 min |
| May 26, 11:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 41 min |
| May 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 68 min |
| May 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | EWX | Williamson | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 42 min |
| May 27, 7:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EWX | Karnes | 118 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.