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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 16, 2002Travis County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2002, 3:06 AM CDT for Travis County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 69 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: Jun 16, 2002, 3:06 AM CDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2002, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 3:13 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 57 M	Taylor, TX

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
Jun 16, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 257 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 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 160806
SVRSAT
TXC453-491-160915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
305 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  WILLIAMSON
  TRAVIS

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 305 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A  
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARLIN TO NEAR
  BURNET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER LAGO VISTA AT 325 AM
  OVER LAKEWAY AT 330 AM
  OVER JONESTOWN AT 335 AM
  OVER LEANDER AT 345 AM
  OVER TANGLEWOOD FOREST AT 350 AM
  OVER WEST LAKE HILLS AT 355 AM

THESE STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS 
OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN.  INTENSE LIGHTNING IS 
ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  SEEK STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATLY IF 
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.   

IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM HIGH AREAS...METAL OBJECTS...AND TALL 
ISOLATED TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 
AND DOORS AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.



LAT...LON 3084 9785 3036 9813 3005 9774 3046 9740
          3050 9720 3075 9740

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Burnet, Llano, Williamson	78 min
Jun 16, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Bastrop, Lee	80 min
Jun 16, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EWX	Fayette	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.