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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 27, 2000Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2000, 9:34 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2000, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1425 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 280235
SVRSAT
TXC465-280330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
934 PM CDT THU APR 27 2000

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

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH
  OF LOMA ALTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

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.

g
LAT...LON 3004 10109 2992 10083 3019 10074 3021 10110

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 27, 9:05 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 9:05 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
905 PM CDT THU APR 27 2000

MCS STILL GOING OVER SJT AREA WITH PROBABLY SOME CLOUD TOP COOLING
ENHANCEMENT TAKING PLACE. AREA HAS GROWN STEADILY ACROSS CENTRAL
TEXAS THIS EVENING...GRAZING THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE HILL
COUNTRY.  DUE TO WEAK INFLOW AND VIRTUALLY NO UPPER SUPPORT...WILL LIMIT
ACTIVITY TO HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT AND THAT WILL BE IN THE LESS THAN
20 PERCENT CATEGORY.  WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE IF NECESSARY.

.EWX...NONE.

02/03

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-280500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
610 PM CDT THU APR 27 2000

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.  THE THREAT AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM DEL RIO TO AUSTIN TO GIDDINGS.

A COOL FRONT WILL SINK INTO THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING
AND SLOWLY DRIFT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE REMAINDER OF THE
HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT.  UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS
LACKING.  THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THREAT MAY DECREASE WITHIN A FEW
HOURS OF SUNSET AS TEMPERATURE CONTRASTS LESSEN.  HOWEVER...OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS COULD ENHANCE THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IN SOME
AREAS.  THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR
THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.  SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

&&

FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...REFER TO
OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN MIDLAND...SAN ANGELO...FORT WORTH...
HOUSTON/GAKLVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.

Nearby

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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.