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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 1, 2001Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2001, 6:08 PM CDT for Bandera County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2001, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bandera County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 291 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2169 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
2169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 012309
SVRSAT

TXC019-020015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
608 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  BANDERA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOST MAPLES STATE PARK...
  OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF VANDERPOOL...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT  
  10 MPH.

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  LOST MAPLES STATE PARK

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.


LAT...LON 299x0 9963 2966 9962 2965 9921 2990 9923

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 Jun 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
323 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN HIGH CAPE ENVIRONMENT OVER WEST
CENTRAL TX HAS TURNED A LOW POP DAY INTO A GOOD CHANCE OF STORMS
OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND ESCARPMENT COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TX.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE SUPERCELLS ARE ALREADY INVADING
THE HILL COUNTRY. WITH DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT, THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS BUT STEADY TRACKING OF ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH
FLOODING. WILL INCLUDE A LATE AFTERNOON GROUPING IN AREAS UNDER THE
WATCH. BEST MOISTURE INFLOW SUGGESTED FROM THE ETA WILL ARRIVE FROM
DUE SOUTH WHICH WILL OFFSET THE TENDENCY FOR UPPER LEVEL WINDS TO
PUSH STORMS EAST SOUTHEAST. WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE
WESTERN COUNTIES AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY BEGIN TO COLLIDE WITH
OROGRAPHIC THUNDERSTORM BOUNDARIES TOWARD SUNSET.

MOISTURE POOLING AND RAINFALL SHOULD RESULT IN PATCHY FOG TOWARD
MORNING CENTRAL AND EAST AND MORE STABLE AIR SHOULD BUILD IN ALOFT
OVERNIGHT. WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SET TO MOVE ONSHORE
OVER THE PACIFIC NW, EXPECT THE EASTARD SHIFT OF THE UPPER RIDGE TO
BE ENOUGH TO CAP THE ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCE LAPSE RATES TOMORROW.

LATER FORECAST PERIODS SHOULD NOT LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THEY DID
THIS MORNING AS MODELS SHOWING FAIR TO GOOD CONSISTENCY AND
AGREEMENT ON DROPPING ANOTHER LOW INTO THE PLAINS AND CREATING MORE
NW FLOW STORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. UPPER PATTERN SUGGESTS
UNSTABLE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, BUT
WITH LOW AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE. WILL LEAVE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FAIR
FOR NOW AND WAIT AND SEE IF MODELS PICK UP MORE MOISTURE IN LATER
RUNS.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 068/093/074/092 5--0
DRT 073/103/075/102 2--0
SAT 071/093/075/092 5--0

.EWX...NONE.

18/23

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-020000-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
102 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CONCHO VALLEY NEAR SAN ANGELO IS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  IF THIS AREA HOLDS TOGETHER
THIS AFTERNOON...THE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY AND
AFFECT SOME OF THE COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
IF THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL
COVERAGE...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AND
CONTAIN HAIL...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN
YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...PLEASE
REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN SAN ANGELO...MIDLAND/ODESSA...FORT
WORTH...HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-020030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
450 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE FOR HILL COUNTRY AND
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8 PM FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LLANO COUTNY TIL 530 PM CDT...

THIS OUTLOOK APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC COUNTIES...

ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...
COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...
GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...
LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...
VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.

THUNDERSTORMS COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE
HILL COUNTRY...PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...
FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN
YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...PLEASE
REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN SAN ANGELO...MIDLAND/ODESSA...FORT
WORTH...HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-020030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
458 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001

...THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE FOR HILL COUNTRY AND
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8 PM FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LLANO COUTNY TIL 530 PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GILLESPIE COUTNY TIL 6 PM CDT...

THIS OUTLOOK APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC COUNTIES...

ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL...
COMAL...DEWITT...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FAYETTE...FRIO...GILLESPIE...
GONZALES...GUADALUPE...HAYS...KARNES...KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...
LAVACA...LEE...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...
VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON AND ZAVALA.

THUNDERSTORMS COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE
HILL COUNTRY...PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...
FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS
SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN
YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...PLEASE
REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN SAN ANGELO...MIDLAND/ODESSA...FORT
WORTH...HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI./

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano61 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie67 min
Jun 1, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet43 min
Jun 1, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr60 min
Jun 1, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.