Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2001, 7:38 PM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 1, 2001, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Val Verde County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Langtry, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 020039 SVRSAT TXC465-020145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 738 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... VAL VERDE * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 738 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LANGTRY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LANGTRY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND... LANGTRY SEMINOLE CANYON STATE PARK COMSTOCK VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...FPUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 2986 10177 2939 10117 3005 10086 3023 10169
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, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 7:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 735 PM CDT FRI JUN 01 2001 WILL UPDATE FCST AT 8 PM WHEN SVR TSTM WATCH 346 EXPIRES. SCATTERED STRONG TSTMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING OVER THE SE COUNTIES...AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTHWARD. MCC OVER HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...HOWEVER THE MCC OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS CONTINUES. THIS COMPLEX WILL PRESENT A THREAT OF SEVERE WX FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. .EWX...NONE. 13/08
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 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, 2 hours 40 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 36 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.