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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 2, 2000Blanco County, Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 2, 2000, 2:34 PM CST for Blanco County, Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
Nov 2, 2000, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2000, 3:30 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Blanco County, TX, Kendall County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 2, 1:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 12:00Z on 2000-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 022035
SVRSAT
TXC031-259-022130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
234 PM CST THU NOV 2 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF BLANCO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF COMFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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.


LAT...LON 3004 9876 2996 9866 3017 9829 3021 9845

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales58 min
Nov 2, 2:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Travis62 min
Nov 2, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Hays63 min
Nov 2, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr53 min
Nov 2, 3:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis3 hr
Nov 2, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis59 min
Nov 2, 4:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kendall, Kerr3 hr
Nov 2, 4:48 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXKendall, Kerr27 min
Nov 2, 4:51 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXLee3 hr
Nov 2, 5:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.