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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2000, 10:50 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2000, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 11:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Lexington, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees in the Lexington area. The winds also severely damaged 2 barns just outside Lexington. |
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.
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 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 3647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
203 WUUS54 KEWX 130352 SVRSAT TXC021-055-287-130445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1050 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... BASTROP COUNTY * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CEDAR CREEK...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES. 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. LAT...LON 3056 9696 3016 9690 2986 9729 3002 9772
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 May 12, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
940 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000
SOME UPDATE REQUIRED WHEN THE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES AT 10 PM. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTO{RM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.
.EWX...NONE.In the hours before
Local storm report, May 12, 10:30 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1030 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
640 PM 8N LLANO TX .88 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 LLANO REPORTED BY OBSERVER
707 PM 4N LLANO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 LLANO REPORTED BY SHERIFF
815 PM 3S OXFORD TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 LLANO REPORTED BY SPOTTER
817 PM 3N BERTRAM TX .50 IN HAIL
05/12/00 BURNET REPORTED BY SPOTTER
845 PM HARPER TX .50 IN HAIL
05/12/00 GILLESPIE REPORTED BY SPOTTER
847 PM LIBERTY HILL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 WILLIAMSON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
847 PM 3N LEANDER TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/12/00 WILLIAMSON REPORTED BY SPOTTER
930 PM INGRAM HILLS TX 1.75 IN HAIL
05/12/00 KERR REPORTED BY SPOTTER
930 PM INGRAM TX .88 IN HAIL
05/12/00 KERR REPORTED BY OBSERVERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 62 min |
| May 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 62 min |
| May 12, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 57 min |
| May 12, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 63 min |
| May 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 35 min |
| May 12, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 63 min |
| May 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 59 min |
| May 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 65 min |
| May 12, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 67 min |
| May 12, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 55 min |
| May 12, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 64 min |
| May 13, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 64 min |
| May 13, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.