Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2000, 12:36 AM CDT for Atascosa County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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
- Apr 3, 2000, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Panna Maria, TX | Large hail, driven by strong winds, caused widespread damage to windows of homes and vehicles in and around Panna Maria. Damage was also reported to gardens and crops in the area. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
461 WUUS54 KEWX 030536 SVRSAT TXC013-255-493-030645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1236 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... WILSON COUNTY ATASCOSA COUNTY KARNES COUNTY * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 1236 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMPBELLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FALLS CITY AROUND 100 AM CDT 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 2903 9848 2869 9832 2890 9780 2933 9815
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 40 min |
| Apr 2, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Zavala | 44 min |
| Apr 2, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio, Medina | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 62 min |
| Apr 2, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 50 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.