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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 8, 2000Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 8, 2000, 2:05 AM CST for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2000, 2:05 AM CST (08:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2000, 3:00 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 7, 10:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
11.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 080806
SVRSAT
TXC453-491-080900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
205 AM CST WED MAR 8 2000

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

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

* UNTIL 300 AM CST

* AT 205 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAGO VISTA...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES WEST OF CEDAR PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDERSON MILL AROUND 210 AM CST
  CEDAR PARK AROUND 215 AM CST
  GEORGETOWN AROUND 230 AM CST
  WEIR AROUND 235 AM CST

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.

.END/ LAT...LON 3044 9810 3031 9795 3061 9736 83085 9777

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 Mar 7, 10:29 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 10:29 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1029 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

SEVERE STORMS IN THE DEL RIO AREA AND LINE IS FILLING IN.  SO...HAVE
UPDATED TO IN`CLUDE POSSIBLE SEVERE MENTION ACROSS THE CWA.  04/18.

.EWX...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 7, 10:45 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1045 PM CST TUE MAR 7 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

949 PM    DEL RIO                   TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   VAL VERDE

1005 PM    DEL RIO                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   VAL VERDE

1043 PM    10 NW ROCKSPRINGS         TX   1.25 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   EDWARDS

JPB
Local storm report, Mar 8, 12:05 AM CST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1205 AM CST WED MAR 8 2000

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1145 PM    SPOFFORD                  TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/07/00   KINNEY

JPB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr43 min
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

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.