Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Apr 12, 2000, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)

Expired

Apr 12, 2000, 1:30 AM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Travis County, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

413 
WUUS54 KEWX 120530
SVRSAT
TXC453-120630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1230 AM CDT WED APR 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  TRAVIS COUNTY

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES            
  NORTHWEST OF CEDAR PARK TO 10 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON MILL TO 9     
  MILES NORTH OF DRIPPING SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BEE CAVE AROUND 1240 AM CDT
  ROLLINGWOOD AROUND 100 AM CDT
  AUSTIN AROUND 105 AM CDT
  ONION CREEK AROUND 115 AM CDT
  BERGSTROM AROUND 125 AM CDT

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

.END/ LAT...LON 3041 9779 3061 9802 3036 9815 3004 9774
          3017 9762 3042 9743

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 11, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
825 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2000

UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH 166 THRU 11Z.  BOOSTED
POPS ALL AREAS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EDGES
SOUTH WITH THE COLD FRONT.  MID SHIFT WILL NEED TO DETERMINE IF
FLASH FLOOD WATCH SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF CWA.

.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS
       OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

03/01/CA

In the hours before

TXZ171>173-183>186-188-190-192-120215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CDT TUE APR 11 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF HILL COUNTRY AND
THE AUSTIN AREA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE HILL
COUNTRY INCLUDING THE AUSTIN AREA THROUGH 1 AM CDT.  A SLOW MOVING
COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS EXTENDING INTO WEST TEXAS WILL
DRIFT INTO THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  THE
AIR OVER SOUTH TEXAS IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.  SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES.  IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID DAY WEDNESDAY DUE TO SLOW MOVING FRONT
AND MOIST ATMOSPHERE.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS.  DO NOT STAND BY
WINDOWS.  UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY...AVOID USING TELEPHONES AND
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  DAMAGING WIND...
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.