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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 53

March 11, 200115 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 11, 2001, 11:00 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2001, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2001, 4:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Comal County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

Warnings issued inside it

8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Real, Uvalde61 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, 2:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina56 min

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 29 more4 hr
Mar 12, 3:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Shelby6 hr
Mar 12, 5:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and 5 more5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.