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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

November 14, 2001Bandera County, Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2001, 7:50 PM CST for Bandera County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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
Nov 14, 2001, 7:50 PM CST (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2001, 8:45 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bandera County, TX, Medina County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1971 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1971 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

864 
WUUS54 KEWX 150153
SVRSAT
TXC019-325-150245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
750 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 750 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN UTOPIA AND SABINAL...OR ABOUT 20 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF HONDO...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR TARPLEY AT 815 PM
  NEAR BANDERA AT 840 PM

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 6:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Travis2 hr
Nov 14, 7:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde60 min
Nov 14, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick73 min
Nov 14, 9:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa67 min
Nov 14, 11:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera73 min
Nov 15, 12:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala52 min
Nov 15, 2:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina, Real2 hr
Nov 15, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal58 min
Nov 15, 4:52 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXKendall38 min
Nov 15, 5:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde3 hr
Nov 15, 6:07 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Kendall3 hr
Nov 15, 6:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie3 hr
Nov 15, 6:30 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
Nov 15, 6:54 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano3 hr
Nov 15, 8:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards3 hr
Nov 15, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 14 more4 hr
Nov 15, 9:32 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Hays43 min
Nov 15, 10:19 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Hays, Travis41 min
Nov 15, 10:55 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis50 min
Nov 15, 11:37 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson53 min
Nov 15, 12:40 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes50 min
Nov 15, 12:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr, Medina2 hr
Nov 15, 1:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Hays and 4 more4 hr
Nov 15, 1:29 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGonzales, Karnes61 min
Nov 15, 2:29 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXGonzales61 min
Nov 15, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXHays, Travis62 min
Nov 15, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXComal, Hays34 min
Nov 15, 3:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson63 min
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 13 more4 hr
Nov 15, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson56 min
Nov 15, 5:29 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe61 min
Nov 15, 5:50 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson70 min

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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.