Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Nov 14, 2001, 8:32 PM CST (02:32 UTC)

Expired

Nov 14, 2001, 9:45 PM CST

In force

73 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX

764 
WUUS54 KEWX 150232
SVRSAT
TXC271-323-150345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  KINNEY
  MAVERICK

* UNTIL 945 PM CST

* AT 832 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF SPOFFORD...OR ABOUT 5 MILES   
  NORTH OF QUEMADO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER SPOFFORD AT 940 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.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.


LAT...LON 2917 10078 2899 10074 2904 10026 2930 10033

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Nov 14, 3:16 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
316 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

UPPER LOW WILL PERSIST AROUND THE EL PASO AREA THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH ETA SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFTING NORTHEAST THE
EARLIEST.  FAVOR THE AVN AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER TOP OF LOW AND
SPLIT FLOW DOES NOT DEVELOP OFF THE WEST COAST UNTIL THE WEEKEND TO
LIFT OUT.  UNTIL THEN...SHORT-WAVES ROTATING AROUND THE LOW...THE
LOW LEVEL JET...AND A DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH PWS OF
1.2 TO 1.5 INCHES TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.  FOR TONIGHT...WILL MENTION SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE DUE
ONGOING THREAT OF VERTICAL SHEAR AND LOW WBZ HEIGHTS.  INTO FRIDAY...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO MENTIONED...ALTHOUGH WILL LEAVE OUT FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AS FOR NOW SOILS FAIRLY DRY AND NO LOW LEVEL FOCUS.  OVER
THE WEEKEND...THE SPLIT FLOW WILL CAUSE THE LOW TO OPEN AND LIFT
OUT...HOWEVER...WEAK SHORT-WAVES KEEP POPS GOING INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK...WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND DRIES THINGS OUT.  FOR CCF
TEMPERATURES...WILL GO WITH A BLEND...ALTHOUGH CATEGORY WARMER ON
HIGHS SOUTH CENTRAL DUE SOME BREAKS IN CLOUDS.

PRELIMS...
AUS  061/075 060/075 058  68664
SAT  063/075 062/075 060  68664
DRT  061/071 060/071 060  77764

.EWX...NONE.

04/03

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.