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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 9, 2002Burnet County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2002, 5:26 PM CDT for Burnet County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
May 9, 2002, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2002, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Burnet County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1877 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 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
1877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 092226
SVRSAT
TXC053-092330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
526 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 526 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OKALLA OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF     
  BURNET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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 3094 9832 3068 9837 3090 9791 3103 9801

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.