Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2001, 8:16 PM CDT for Real County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2001, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2001, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Real County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Leakey, TX | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines between Barksdale in Edwards County and Camp Wood in Real County.Real County |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 813 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KEWX 250116
SVRSAT
TXC385-250200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
816 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
REAL
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 816 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF CAMP WOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 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.
LAT...LON 2966 10003 2963 10002 2963 9979 2995 9978
2993 10000What 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 May 24, 7:50 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 7:50 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 750 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001 UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNITL 2 AM FRIDAY...NO OTHER CHANGES AS ONGOING FORECAST ON TRACK. 04/06/JB PREVIOUS DISCUSSION UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM... NO OTHER CHANGES AS ONGOING FORECAST ON TRACK. 04/06/JB AFTERNOON DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT NOW PUSHING INTO THE COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA WITH FALLING DEWPOINTS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS. THEREFORE, THE CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE AUSTIN AREA APPEARS LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY ASSESSED. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 10 TO 20 RANGE ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT BUILDUPS NEAR THE AREA, AM LEANING TOWARD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALL OTHER AREAS EXCEPT SOUTHEAST. ONCE THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN, SOME ENHANCEMENT IS POSSIBLE AS AN UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE APPROACHES. TOMORROW, ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER EVENT SHOULD UNFOLD AS THE AREA WILL FIND ITSELF IN THE ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER JET WHILE WEAK SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES PASS DOWN IN NW FLOW. 12Z MODEL RUNS CONTINUE THE TREND OF A WEAKER COLD FRONT AND EARLIER RETREAT OF THE FRONTAL ZONE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WILL TAKE AN AVN/ETA MIX TO END THE CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE UPPER RIDGE TAKING HOLD SUNDAY. ON TEMPS, WILL FAVOR COOLER PREVIOUS FORECAST NUMBERS OVER MODEL GUIDANCE WHICH APPEARS TOO WARM AT NIGHT. THE EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BE LEFT MUCH THE SAME AS MODEL CONSENSUS KEEPS AN UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTH TX. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 60/83/62/88 2333 DRT 69/94/70/97 2331 SAT 65/85/66/89 2332 .EWX...NONE. 18/2/23 m
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 60 min |
| May 24, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 57 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 41 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 63 min |
| May 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina | 58 min |
| May 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 56 min |
| May 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 64 min |
| May 24, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 59 min |
| May 24, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina | 60 min |
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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.