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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 20, 2001Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2001, 7:51 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2001, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Burnet County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 20, 8:50 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBurnet, TXTrees were split and knocked over into homes by severe thunderstorm winds. An aircraft was flipped onto its top at the Burnet airport by the winds.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1060 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1060 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 210056
SVRSAT
TXC053-210200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
751 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  BURNET

* UNTIL 9 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF INKS LAKE STATE PARK...OR     
  ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LLANO...MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20    
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  IN THE LAKE BUCHANAN-INKS LAKE-GRANITE SHOALS LAKE AREA AROUND     
  815 PM PM
  IN THE BURNET-MARBLE FALLS AREA AROUND 830 PM

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  LAKE BUCHAHAN-INKS LAKE-GRANITE SHOALS LAKE-BURNET-MARBLE FALLS 

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM HIGH AREAS...METzAL OBJECTS...AND TALL ISOLATED TREES. MOVE
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID 
USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.  IF ON WATER...GET TO 
SHORE AND TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AT ONCE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano66 min
May 20, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell65 min
May 20, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes, Wilson62 min
May 20, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet31 min
May 20, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXTravis, Williamson60 min
May 20, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Travis, Williamson43 min
May 21, 6:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGuadalupe2 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.