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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

April 8, 2002Medina County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2002, 3:34 AM CDT for Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2002, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Medina County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2002-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 622 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 2002-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 080834
SVRSAT
TXC325-080915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
334 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 334 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF DEVINE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER NATALIA AT 340 AM

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  DEVINE
  NATALIA


LAT...LON 2921 9907 2910 9909 2912 9882 2940 9885

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde57 min
Apr 7, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMedina66 min
Apr 7, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio54 min
Apr 7, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXMedina31 min
Apr 7, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays46 min
Apr 7, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio61 min
Apr 7, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal24 min
Apr 7, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa65 min
Apr 7, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilson57 min
Apr 7, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio59 min
Apr 7, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson60 min
Apr 7, 10:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXFrio3 hr
Apr 7, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio59 min
Apr 7, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde53 min
Apr 7, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales65 min
Apr 7, 11:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa6 hr
Apr 7, 11:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson6 hr
Apr 7, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio46 min
Apr 7, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa38 min
Apr 7, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar46 min
Apr 8, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson54 min
Apr 8, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa62 min
Apr 8, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio37 min
Apr 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde, Zavala59 min
Apr 8, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXFrio36 min
Apr 8, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kendall50 min
Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson45 min
Apr 8, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio, Medina55 min
Apr 8, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina111 min
Apr 8, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar60 min
Apr 8, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe40 min
Apr 8, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales40 min
Apr 8, 2:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe3 hr
Apr 8, 2:13 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar, Wilson47 min
Apr 8, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell59 min
Apr 8, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe51 min
Apr 8, 3:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXCaldwell2 hr
Apr 8, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina2 hr
Apr 8, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina117 min
Apr 8, 4:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa4 hr
Apr 8, 4:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.