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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 10, 2000Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 9:30 PM CST for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2000, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 10:30 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Fayette County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 10:12 PM CSTHail 0.75La Grange, TX

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
Mar 10, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 10, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 110342
SVRSAT
TTAA00 KEWX 110325

TXC149-110430-

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

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

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 930 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BASTROP TO       
  GIDDINGS TO SOMERVILLE LAKE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
    ROUND TOP
    LA GRANGE

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

.END/- LAT...LON 3021 9705 3034 9689 2997 9664 2983 9695

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 6:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes61 min
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

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.