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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 11, 2001Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2001, 10:21 PM CST for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
Mar 11, 2001, 10:21 PM CST (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 2001, 11:15 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2001-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1542 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 120427
SVRSAT
TXC465-120515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1021 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  VAL VERDE COUNTY

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1021 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN VAL VERDE COUNTY.  THE     
  STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF LANGTRY.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD   
  THE EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD LANGTRY.  GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT       
  LIGHTNING MAY ALSO AFFECT THE NORTHERN REACHES OF LAKE AMISTAD     
  WITHIN THE HOUR.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LANGTRY AROUND 1045 PM CST.


LAT...LON 2980 10189 2967 10175 2977 10114 3010 10135

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 Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST, 36 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
945 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

UPDATED ZONE FORECASTS TO INCLUDE THUNDER IN THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND
HILL COUNTRY FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT.  SPC SUGGESTS A WATCH MAY BE
IN ORDER SHORTLY IF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND SLIP
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST COUNTIES.  ALSO MENTIONED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS AS WELL.

.EWX...NONE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal61 min
Mar 11, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Real, Uvalde61 min
Mar 11, 11:42 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde33 min
Mar 12, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina64 min
Mar 12, 12:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney57 min
Mar 12, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Kendall65 min
Mar 12, 1:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Real, Uvalde66 min
Mar 12, 1:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis59 min
Mar 12, 1:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal61 min
Mar 12, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Williamson62 min
Mar 12, 2:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina56 min

Nearby

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

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.