Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 10:53 PM CDT for Frio 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2001, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2001, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Frio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 150353 SVRSAT TXC163-150500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1053 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... FRIO * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1053 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEARSALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... OVER PEARSALL AT 1105 PM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOORE AT 1140 PM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG FOOT AT 1155 PM * THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND... PEARSALL MOORE BIG FOOT 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. 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 2869 9934 2868 9913 2908 9883 2908 9934
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, 8:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 8:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 845 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 ADDED THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR SW COUNTIES BASED ON CURRENT ACTIVITY. THIS LIKELY HEAT RELATED AND SHOULD DECREASE FOLLOWING LOSS OF SOLAR FORCING. OTHERWISE...ZONES UNCHANGED AS WAIT TO SEE EXTENT OF SEVERE WEATHER MARCHING SLOWLY DOWN FROM NORTH TEXAS WITH COLD FRONT. .EWX...NONE. 3/4/21
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 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, 2 hours 16 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, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 64 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.