Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT for Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 19, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Zavala County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and caused minor property damage just east of Batesville. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS54 KEWX 200002
SVRSAT
TXC507-200100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
700 PM CDT FRI MAY 19 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
ZAVALA COUNTY
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOMA VISTA...OR ABOUT 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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.
LAT...LON 2871 9984 2869 9953 2901 9949 2901 9986
2880 9986The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 42 min |
| May 19, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 65 min |
| May 19, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Wilson | 50 min |
| May 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 64 min |
| May 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 62 min |
| May 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 56 min |
| May 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 100 min |
| May 19, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 103 min |
| May 19, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 2 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.