Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2001, 11:27 PM CDT for Bexar County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 25, 2001, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2001, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Bexar County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Leon Spgs, TX |
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 2526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 26.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KEWX 260428
SVRSAT
TXC029-260530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1127 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
BEXAR
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1127 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD PARK...OR ABOUT 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF UNIVERSAL CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
ANOTHER WEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HELOTES...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
HELOTES AT 1140 PM
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHAVANO PARK AT 1150 PM
OVER HOLLYWOOD PARK AT 1155 PM
6 MILES WEST OF LIVE OAK AT 1215 AM
2 MILES WEST OF WINDCREST AT 1220 AM
2 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRELL HILLS AT 1225 AM
SEA WORLD AT 1225 AM
* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
HELOTES
LEON SPRINGS
THE DOMINION
SHAVANO PARK
HOLLYWOOD PARK
HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE
LIVE OAK
UNIVERSAL CITY
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.
LAT...LON 2974 9866 2970 9878 2939 9881 2932 9848
2953 9822 2975 9858What 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 25, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 8:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 858 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001 ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE FAR EASTERN CWA ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF HOUSTON TO SAN ANTONIO TO BETWEEN SAN ANGELO AND MIDLAND. APPEARS THIS THE RESULT OF FAST MOVING SHORT-WAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. THE STORMS COULD PERSIST FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL SHORT-WAVE PASSES AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL MAINTAIN POPS... ALTHOUGH WILL LOWER TO SLIGHT CHANCE DUE SUNSET AND AIRMASS STILL REMAINS WORKED OVER FROM CONVECTION OF LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ON WINDPS DUE BOUNDARY POSITION AND MAY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ON TEMPERATURES DUE ONGOING TRENDS. OTHERWISE...LITTLE OR NO OTHER CHANGES. 04/06/JB. .EWX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 8:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
802 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM ROCKSPRINGS TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 EDWARDS REPORTED BY BORDER PATROL
0830 PM BARKSDALE AND CAMP WOOD TX WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01 REAL POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0910 PM 19 N HONDO TX 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 MEDINA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0914 PM HONDO TX WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01 MEDINA TREES DOWNED
REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
0920 PM UVALDE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01 UVALDE WIND DAMAGE
THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTY
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0925 PM DEL RIO TO BRACKETTVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01 VALVERDE/KINNEY NUMEROUS TREES
DOWNED
0945 PM ENCHANTED ROCK STATE PARK TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01 LLANO OCCURRED AROUND
9PM
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0335 AM YORKTOWN TX WIND DAMAGE
05/25/01 DEWITT TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
JMELocal storm report, May 25, 9:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
932 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 PM 2E MOULTON TX .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 LAVACA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
JPBLocal storm report, May 25, 9:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
936 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0845 PM MOULTON TX 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/25/01 LAVACA REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ENFORCEMENT
845-900 PM
CFMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 65 min |
| May 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 61 min |
| May 25, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 57 min |
| May 25, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 28 min |
| May 26, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 67 min |
| May 26, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney | 65 min |
| May 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 62 min |
| May 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 28 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.