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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 16, 2002Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2002, 11:08 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 16, 2002, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2002-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2222 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 2002-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 170408
SVRSAT
TXC137-170445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1105 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1105 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKSPRINGS...OR ABOUT 30
  MILES NORTHEAST OF DEL RIO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
NEAR BARKSDALE AT 1120 PM

LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 
THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL 
SHELTER.


LAT...LON 3028 10067 2963 10065 2966 10005 3027 9995

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde46 min
May 16, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde73 min
May 16, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde63 min
May 17, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar57 min
May 17, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGuadalupe, Wilson58 min
May 17, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales64 min
May 17, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr59 min
May 17, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Kerr2 hr
May 17, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Medina65 min
May 17, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real62 min
May 17, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina67 min
May 17, 6:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards, Real109 min
May 17, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney58 min
May 17, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde46 min

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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.