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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 10, 2000DeWitt County, Gonzales County, Karnes County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 6:14 PM CST for DeWitt County, Gonzales County, Karnes County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
Mar 10, 2000, 6:14 PM CST (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties DeWitt County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2395 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 110015
SVRSAT
TXC123-177-255-110115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
614 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS EXTENDED THE

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  GONZALES COUNTY
  DEWITT COUNTY
  KARNES COUNTY

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 614 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORKTOWN...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 5 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.

.END/ LAT...LON 2915 9773 2892 9762 2904 9717 2943 9745

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:22 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes38 min
Mar 10, 7:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson65 min
Mar 10, 7:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes3 hr
Mar 10, 7:33 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt27 min
Mar 10, 7:53 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt37 min
Mar 10, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee56 min
Mar 10, 9:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop54 min
Mar 10, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.