Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:20 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosanky, TX | Severe 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
08/03In 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 DAMAGELocal 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 DAMAGEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 6:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Frio | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 7:04 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays, Travis, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 39 min |
| Nov 5, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Guadalupe | 55 min |
| Nov 5, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales | 81 min |
| Nov 5, 8:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 5, 9:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 54 min |
| Nov 5, 11:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bastrop, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca, Lee | 3 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.