Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 26, 2000, 6:29 AM CST for Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2000, 6:29 AM CST (12:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2000, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Caldwell County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 955 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 261231 SVRSAT TXC055-261330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 629 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... CALDWELL COUNTY * UNTIL 730 AM CST * AT 629 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOCKHART...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HAIL UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 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. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...ST AY AWAY FROM HIGH AREAS...METAL OBJECTS...AND TALL ISOLATED TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
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 Feb 26, 3:15 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:15 AM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 315 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2000 BUSY UPDATES THIS MORNING. CONVECTION FLARING IN HIGH CAPE REGION. SHORT WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AT ABOUT 40 MPH WILL PUSH SHOWERS AND TSTORMS OUT OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...ENDING SOUTHEAST SECTIONS AROUND NOON. DRYING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE HIGH CENTER SETTLES OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. WITH THE CONTINUING PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERNS, WINDS WILL SWITCH BACK AROUND TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST SUNDAY AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVES ONTO THE PACIFIC COAST. GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFTING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SHOULD PRODUCE DRIZZLE OR EVEN RAIN THAT AREA. THE NEW MRF HAS THIS NEXT TROUGH LIFTING NORTH WELL BEFORE MOVING EAST OF TEXAS...SO A WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION AS THE DRY LINE EEKS INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. PRELIM NUMBERS... AUS 72/39/75/44 5000 SAT 74/44/77/49 4000 DRT 75/40/78/50 -000 .EWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 7 AM LLANO WILLIAMSON TRAVIS BURNET LEE COUNTIES. 06/08/DC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 1:05 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ171>173-184>194-205>209-220>225-260900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 105 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2000 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER PARTS OF LLANO AND BURNET COUNTY SOUTH TO PARTS OF BLANCO... GILLESPIE...KERR...KENDALL...REAL AND BANDERA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE HILL COUNTRY THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...30 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS...SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH...FROM THE AUSTIN AREA TO SAN ANTONIO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS... WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WINDD GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FUTHER WEST AROUND DEL RIO...SHOWERS ARE FORMING AND WILL AFFECT THE DEL RIO AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
Special weather statement, Feb 26, 2:14 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ171>173-184>194-205>209-220>225-261000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 214 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CST FOR LLANO...BURNET...WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS AND LEE COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EDWARDS...REAL AND BANDERA COUNTIES NORTHEAST TO LLANO...BURNET...WEST TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE HILL COUNTRY THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...30 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH...FROM THE AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN AREA EAST TO TAYLOR...THEN SOUTHWEST TO SAN MARCOS AND SAN ANTONIO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CAUSE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WINDD GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...SOME HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS... DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO RISE. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM HIGH AREAS...METAL OBJECTS...AND TALL ISOLATED TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. FUTHER WEST ARO+UND DEL RIO...SHOWERS ARE FORMING AND WILL AFFECT THE DEL RIO AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 63 min |
| Feb 26, 6:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 54 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.