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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 17, 2002Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kerr County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 17, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Real County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 17, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2002-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 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 12:00Z on 2002-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-526 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 172213
SVRSAT
TXC137-265-385-172315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
510 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN          
  TEXAS...  
  NORTHERN EDWARDS
  WESTERN KERR
  REAL

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN KERR COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES   
  WEST OF HUNT...MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 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.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.


LAT...LON 3011 9956 3000 9941 2972 9994 3011 10017

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, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards37 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, 5:53 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

Nearby

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

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.