Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 8:41 PM CDT for Dimmit County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 14, 2001, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2001, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Dimmit County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Asherton, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees in the Asherton 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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 5337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 150142 SVRSAT TXC127-150245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 841 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... DIMMIT * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 841 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CATARINA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY WELLS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 5 MILES EAST OF CATARINA AT 855 PM OVER VALLEY WELLS AT 900 PM OVER BIG WELLS AT 935 PM * THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND... CATARINA VALLEY WELLS BIG WELLS THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2821 9976 2820 9940 2863 9941 2864 9983
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 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 HILL COUNTRY AREA MAY BE ON TAIL END OF UPPER DISTURBANCE MOCING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TONIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECT SOME DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE DRY LINE WESTERN AREAS TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY WORKING THEIR WAY EAST INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS LATE TONIGHT. WEAK VORTICITY AND A WEAKENING WINDFIELD MAY RESULT IN LOW POPS (SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS) TOMORROW. ISOLATED EVENING CONVECTION WESTERN PLATEAU AREA TOMORROW NIGHT...THEN RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS SATURDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. GOOD EASTERLY WAVE FEATURE BY LATE NEXT WEEK MAY BRING RAIN CHANCES MAINLY TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS. PRELIMS... AUS 075/092/072/094 4301 DRT 078/097/077/099 4211 SAT 078/094/076/096 3301 .EWX...NONE. 02/06 -
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>192-202-203-150500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 515 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY EAST TO THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA. THIS OUTLOOK APPLIES TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC COUNTIES... BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL... KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE AND WILLIAMSON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COOL FRONT OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A SQUALL LINE AND MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY THIS EVENING AND INTO THE AUSTIN AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF MEXICO. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE INTO TEXAS. THE THREAT AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A DEL RIO TO UVALDE TO BOERNE TO SAN MARCOS TO GEORGETOWN LINE...AND INCLUDES THE AUSTIN METROPOLITAN AREA AND CITIES OF DEL RIO...FREDERICKSBURG...AND KERRVILLE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED 3 INCH AMOUNTS. SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE THREATENED AREA. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN MIDLAND... SAN ANGELO... FORT WORTH... HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:37 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>192-202>204-217>219-228-150500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 837 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... DIMMIT...FRIO...MAVERICK...MEDINA AND ZAVALA. DUE TO INTENSE HEATING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHWEST OF COTULLA TO LAREDO AND SOUTH TO FALCON RESERVOIR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE NORTH TO AN EAGLE PASS TO UVALDE TO HONDO TO TILDEN LINE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BANDERA...BLANCO...BURNET...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...HAYS...KENDALL... KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...REAL...TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE AND WILLIAMSON. A COOL FRONT CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE THREATENED AREA. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN MIDLAND... SAN ANGELO... 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 14, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 54 min |
| Jun 14, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 67 min |
| Jun 14, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 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.