Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2002, 6:18 PM CST for Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2002, 6:18 PM CST (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2002, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Zavala County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:35 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville, TX | Trees were blown down and windows were broken in the northeast part of Zavala County from Batesville to the Uvalde and Frio County lines. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 200018 SVRSAT TXC507-200100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 620 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... ZAVALA * UNTIL 700 PM CST * AT 620 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MAVERICK...ZAVALA COUNTY LINE ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA PRYOR...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 7 MILES SOUTH OF LA PRYOR AT 625 PM 5 MILES SOUTH OF BATESVILLE AT 640 PM 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 2893 10007 2875 10008 2877 9943 2902 9943
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 6:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 7:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 54 min |
| Mar 19, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Travis | 57 min |
| Mar 19, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 60 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.