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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 16, 2002Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 16, 2002, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2002, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1721 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1721 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 160930
SVRSAT
TXC149-161030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
428 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...
  FAYETTE

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 428 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF BRENHAM TO 8 MILES 
  SOUTHWEST OF SMITHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER LA GRANGE AROUND 500 AM

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.


LAT...LON 3012 9680 2983 9721 2966 9698 2997 9666

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano, Williamson78 min
Jun 16, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson69 min
Jun 16, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee80 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.