Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 2000, 5:24 PM CDT for Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 24, 2000, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2000, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 5:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | La Pryor, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a school, and also knocked down several trees. |
| Sep 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down numerous utility poles. |
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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 3413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 242225 SVRSAT TXC463-507-242330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 524 PM CDT SUN SEP 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... UVALDE COUNTY ZAVALA COUNTY * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTELL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF BRACKETTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 7 MILES NORTH OF UVALDE AT 555 PM CDT OVER KNIPPA AT 610 PM CDT * THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND... UVALDE KNIPPA 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. LAT...LON 2964 10008 2885 10009 2890 9945 2960 9951
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.