Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Feb 15, 2001, 10:07 PM CST (04:07 UTC)

Expired

Feb 15, 2001, 10:45 PM CST

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Edwards County, TX

169 
WUUS54 KEWX 160408
SVRSAT
TXC137-160445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1007 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1007 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDWARDS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES 
SOUTH   OF SONORA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER 
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


LAT...LON 3004 10072 2992 10057 3016 10025 3029 10042

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 15, 9:10 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
910 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001

SELS HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 20 FOR A GOOD PORTION OF
CWA VALID UNTIL 2 AM CST.  SINCE ZONES ALREADY MENTION THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SOME LOCALLY SEVERE IN THE BODY MOST LIKELY WONT UPDATE ATTM.

ONE HEFTY CALL HAS MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE AND ACROSS VAL
VERDE COUNTY INTO EDWARDS COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR.  NO REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM AS OF YET BUT RADAR DISPLAYS HAD
GOOD DBZ AND VIL LEVELS WITH THE CELL PLUS A TVS ALARM.  FIRST WENT
WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY AS IT MOVED
ACROSS THE RIVER THEN UPGRADED TO TORNADO WARNING WHEN THE CELL
STARTED INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND BECAME A RIGHT MOVER.  THEN THE
TVS ALARMED.  STILL MORE ACTIVITY SOUTHWEST OF THIS INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT SO LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING WILL BE ACTIVE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY INTO
CENTRAL TEXAS.

GOT OUR FIRST LOOK AT SCAN IN THE NEW AWIPS LOAD.  SEEMS TO BE
WORKING OKAY.

.EWX...NONE.

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

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