Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2001, 1:59 PM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 22, 2001, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2001, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Real County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
673 WUUS54 KEWX 221903 SVRSAT TXC385-221945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 159 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... REAL * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 159 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BARKSDALE OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CAMP WOOD...MOVING SOUTHHEAST AT 15 MPH. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM HIGH AREAS...METAL OBJECTS...AND TALL ISOLATED TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO THREATS WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3003 9994 2966 10002 2967 9966 3002 9971
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 22, 1:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:35 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 135 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2001 STRENGTH OF WX SYS ALOFT AND WEAK FRONT...PLUS DAYTIME HEATING HAS CAUSED MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FORMING. UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT THESE TRENDS. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH IN THE EVENING HOURS. PRELIMS... AUS 92/65 94/65 2000 SAT 93/69 93/69 2000 DRT 98/72 98/72 2111 .EWX...NONE. X 08/03/21
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:34 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-222133- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 134 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2001 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... A WEATHER SYSTEM ALOFT AND ITS ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT MOVING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING HAS SET OFF SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE ANOTHER WEATHER HAZARD WITH THE EXPECTED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM EVENT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee, Williamson | 65 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.