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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 7, 2000Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 2000, 9:32 PM CST for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 7, 2000, 9:32 PM CST (03:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2000, 10:15 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Kerr County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2000-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2759 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
23.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 080333
SVRSAT
TXC265-080415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
932 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

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

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 932 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG INTERSTATE 10 ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST  
  OF MOUNTAIN HOME...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF                  
  KERRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOUNTAIN HOME AROUND 940 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

.END/ LAT...LON 3026 9958 3013 9949 3007 9932 3027 9933

The office that day

Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde56 min
Mar 7, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney66 min
Mar 7, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney65 min
Mar 8, 2:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson55 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.