Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2000, 5:17 PM CST for Blanco County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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 26, 2000, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2000, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blanco County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:35 PM CST | Hail 2.5 | Blanco, TX | |
| Mar 26, 6:05 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Blanco, TX | |
| Mar 26, 6:10 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Twin Sisters, TX | Trees were reported blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. |
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 26, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 262322 SVRSAT TXC031-270015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 517 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... BLANCO COUNTY * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 517 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON CITY...WITH MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS JOHNSON CITY. HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. .END/
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 68 min |
| Mar 25, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 4:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 66 min |
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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.