Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2000, 3:45 PM CST for Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 5 reports 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
- Mar 16, 2000, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2000, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Williamson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Leander, TX | |
| Mar 16, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Leander, TX | |
| Mar 16, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Georgetown, TX | A small and short-lived tornado was observed by an Amateur Radio spotter. |
| Mar 16, 4:30 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Cedar Park, TX | |
| Mar 16, 4:40 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Georgetown, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 162147 SVRSAT TXC491-162245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 345 PM CST THU MAR 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... WILLIAMSON COUNTY * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 345 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SO[UTHWEST OF ANDICE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF BERTRAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM... ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINNS. .END/
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 16, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 200 PM CST THU MAR 16 2000 SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND HILL COUNTRY PRIMED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WX OUTBREAK LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A WEATHER WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT OVER LLANO AND GILLESPIE COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THRU THIS EVENING. THE APPROACHING SHORT WAVE COMING OUT OF NEW MEXICO WILL PROVIDE THE STRONG UVV NECESSARY FOR SVR TSTMS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPC MESOSCALE DISCUSSION #0350 FOR MORE DETAIL. SHORT WAVE WILL BE SLOW TO DEPART SO ELEVATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PCPN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY...BUT CLOUDS WILL BE SLOW TO BREAK. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS ALL OF THE CWFA OVERNIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE SO CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TONIGHT. TEMPS WERE ALREADY IN THE 30S AT ABILENE...SO UPPER 30S POSSIBLE IN THE HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT...WITH 40S FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LITTLE REBOUND IN TEMPS FRIDAY AS CAA AND CLOUDS KEEP READINGS IN THE 50S...60S RIO GRANDE WHERE CLOUDS WILL BREAK. PRELIMS... AUS 045/055/045/066 75-1 SAT 048/058/048/068 64-1 DRT 045/061/048/072 3201 .EWX...NONE. 13/01 2
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 3:06 PM CST, 39 minutes before
TXZ171>173-186>194-203>209-218>225-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 306 PM CST THU MAR 16 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON AND VALID UNTIL 9 PM. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE HILL COUNTRY WILL ADVANCE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR A AUSTIN TO SAN ANTONIO LINE BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. THE COLD FRONT WILL COLLIDE WITH WARM MOIST GULF AIR AND TRIGGER A LINE OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STROMS WILL BECOME SEVERE OVER THE WATCH AREA. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. AT 3 PM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSORMS ALONG THE COLD FRONT WERE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD FROM WESTERN LLANO COUNTY INTO BURNET COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
Local storm report, Mar 16, 3:45 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
345 PM CST THU MAR 16 2000
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM BURNET TX PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
03/16/00 BURNET WAS OBSERVED BY POLICE.
0400 PM LEANDER TX FUNNELS CLOUDS WERE
03/16/00 WILLIAMSON OBSERVED BY THE PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 65 min |
| Mar 16, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 37 min |
| Mar 16, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 43 min |
| Mar 16, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 63 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.