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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 11, 2001Bandera County, Real County, Uvalde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 2001, 11:14 PM CST for Bandera County, Real County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 11:14 PM CST (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 12:15 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Bandera County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 11, 11:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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°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 2001-03-12The 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 120521
SVRSAT
TXC019-385-463-120615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1114 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... 
  
  SOUTHERN REAL COUNTY
  WESTERN BANDERA COUNTY
  NORTHERN UVALDE COUNTY

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1114 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE REAL-UVALDE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN CAMP 
  WOOD AND RIO FRIO.  MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20   
  MPH.  MARBLE-SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND...ALONG WITH HEAVY     
  RAIN...WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM AS IT PASSED OVER THE CAMP WOOD  
  AREA.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR RIO FRIO AND CONCAN AROUND 1130 PM CST
  NEAR UTOPIA AND VANDERPOOL AROUND 1145 PM CST

* A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TEXAS HILL        
  COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 4 AM CST.

LAT...LON 2964 10001 2952 9987 2953 9950 2974 9954

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, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 29 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, 10:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde54 min
Mar 11, 10:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXReal61 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

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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.