Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Jul 3, 2002, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 2002, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Val Verde County, TX

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS54 KEWX 031746
SVRSAT
TXC465-031845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1246 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  VAL VERDE

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 1246 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK...OR 27 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DEL RIO...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  COMSTOCK AT 100 PM
  LAKE AMISTAD AT 120 PM

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS...DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT 
CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL 
STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED 
BY FLOOD WATERS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.


LAT...LON 2980 10127 2960 10138 2917 10082 2984 10072

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 10:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1035 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

HAVE REMOVED LEE...FAYETTE AND LAVACA COUNTIES FROM THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH AND REISSUED.

OVERNIGHT MCS CONTINUES TO WEAKEN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
HOWEVER TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST ZAVALA COUNTY.
THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL DRIFT SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST IMPACTING
MAVERICK AND DIMMIT COUNTIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE UPPER LOW/TROF AXIS REMAINS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...HAVING
MOVED A LITTLE WESTWARD.  HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL OVER THE WESTERN
COUNTIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING...WHILE RAINS DIMINISH
ACROSS THE EAST.  EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN CWFA IN THE SOUTHERLY LOW
LEVEL FLOW AND TRAIN NORTHWARD.  ANOTHER VORT MAX IS FCST TO MOVE
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWFA TONIGHT.  THIS MCS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWFA TONIGHT.  THIS SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO BE SLOWER IN ITS WESTWARD MOVEMENT THAN MODEL
SOLUTIONS.

UPDATED PRELIMS...
AUS 82 73 88 73 5432
DRT 85 75 87 75 8664
SAT 83 74 89 74 7542

.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT.

13/04

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
730 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 AM        BIG WELLS             TX   FLASH FLOOD
07/03/02       DIMMIT                     STATE HIGHWAY 85 CLOSED
                                          DUE TO FLOODING
                                          RELAYED THROUGH DIMMIT COUNTY
                                          SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT

MAB

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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