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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 5, 2000Bastrop County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 2000, 8:48 PM CST for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2000, 8:48 PM CST (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2000, 9:45 PM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bastrop County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 5, 9:20 PM CSTThunderstorm WindRosanky, TXSevere thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 5, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-301 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Nov 5, 6:33 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 6:33 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
633 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000

RAIN WITH SHRA AND TSRA CONTG ACROSS AREA TONIGHT...WITH SVR WX
AND FLASH FLOODING RISK IN PLACE.  DRIER WX STILL EXPECTED
MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY PTCLDY SKIES TUE...THEN INCREASING
CLOUDS LATE TURNING CLDY TUE NIGHT.  GOOD CHC OF RAIN
FM SHRA AND TSRA EXPECTED WED.  RAIN MAY LINGER INTO
WED NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.  CLEARING POSSIBLE LATE
THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT.  PTCLDY SKIES FRIDAY.
STILL LOOKS LIKE PSBL RAIN NEXT WEEKEND...VETERANS
DAY WEEKEND.  COLDER WEATHER POSSIBLE THE WEEK AFTER
VETERANS DAY WEEKEND...IN THE MID TO LATE PART OF THAT
WEEK.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 059/076/050/075 91--
SAT 061/076/052/075 91--
DRT 056/078/055/076 5---

.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND HILL COUNTRY
       TONIGHT.
       TORNADO WATCH FOR LARGE PART OF S CNTRL TX TIL 010 PM CST.

08/03

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 5, 6:24 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
624 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND A LARGE PART OF SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS TIL 10 PM...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE HILL COUNTRY AND MOSTLY OF
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...

STORMY WEATHER TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
SEVERE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE.  FOR MONDAY...
THUNDERSTORMS ENDING EARLY AND BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY TO
PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE DAY.

FOR TUESDAY...ELECTION DAY 2000...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED
FOLLOWED BY INCREASING CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY TURNING MOSTLY
CLOUDY TUESDAY NIGHT.

ON WEDNESDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN
FROM THE WEST.  AS A RESULT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED FOR
WEDNESDAY WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  RAINS
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO WlEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY MORNING.  PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH RAIN ENDING
IS POSSIBLY BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

BY FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED...TURNING MOSTLY
CLOUDY FRIDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A CHANCE OF RAIN SATURDAY.
Local storm report, Nov 5, 8:33 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
758 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000

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

0758 PM    4 N BURNET                TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   BURNET                         UNOFFICAL TORNADO

0758 PM    HARPER                    TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   GILLESPIE                      POSSIBLE TORNADO

0758 PM    CASTELL                   TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   LLANO                          POSSIBLE TORNADO

0758 PM    CRYSTAL CITY              TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   ZAVALA                         NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS
                                          SIGHTED

0758 PM    4 N BURNET                TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   BURNET                         14 BIG TREES BLOWN DOWN

0758 PM    CASTROVILLE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   MEDINA                         VERY STRONG WINDS

0758 PM    10 SW SAN ANTONIO         TX   59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
11/05/00   BEXAR

0758 PM    DEVINE                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   MEDINA                         REPORTS OF A CHURCH
                                          EXPLODED AND NUMEROUS
                                          CARS DAMAGED

0758 PM    5 SE NEW BRAUNFELS        TEXAS   59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
11/05/00   COMAL                          REPORTED BY ASOS

0758 PM    BURNET                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   BURNET                         NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED

0758 PM    ST HEDING                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   BEXAR                          NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
                                          PROPERTY AND TREE DAMAGE
Local storm report, Nov 5, 8:44 PM CST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
0844 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000

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

0500 PM    4 N BURNET                TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   BURNET                         UNOFFICAL TORNADO

0510 PM    HARPER                    TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   GILLESPIE                      POSSIBLE TORNADO

0515 PM    BURNET                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   BURNET                         NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED

0535 PM    CASTELL                   TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   LLANO                          POSSIBLE TORNADO

0550 PM    CRYSTAL CITY              TX   TORNADO
11/05/00   ZAVALA                         NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS
                                          SIGHTED

0630 PM    4 N BURNET                TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   BURNET                         14 BIG TREES BLOWN DOWN

0725 PM    CASTROVILLE               TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   MEDINA                         VERY STRONG WINDS

0733 PM    10 SW SAN ANTONIO         TX   59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
11/05/00   BEXAR

0745 PM    DEVINE                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   MEDINA                         REPORTS OF A CHURCH
                                          EXPLODED AND NUMEROUS
                                          CARS DAMAGED

0815 PM    5 SE NEW BRAUNFELS        TX   59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
11/05/00   COMAL                          REPORTED BY ASOS

0815 PM    ST HEDING                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
11/05/00   BEXAR                          NUMEROUS oREPORTS OF
                                          PROPERTY AND TREE DAMAGE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 6:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Frio4 hr
Nov 5, 7:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Hays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Nov 5, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar39 min
Nov 5, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe55 min
Nov 5, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales81 min
Nov 5, 8:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca and 1 more4 hr
Nov 5, 9:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca54 min
Nov 5, 11:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee3 hr

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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.