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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 13, 2003Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2003, 11:38 AM CDT for Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 13, 2003, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Val Verde County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3986 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 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3986 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

726 
WUUS54 KEWX 131638
SVRSAT
TXC465-131730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1137 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  VAL VERDE

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1137 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER VAL VERDE COUNTY...NEAR LANGTRY MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR JUNO ABOUT NOON.


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 2989 10173 2976 10159 2985 10095 3027 10110

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde37 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKendall44 min
Jun 13, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXComal59 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays62 min
Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis, Williamson60 min
Jun 13, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXVal Verde118 min
Jun 13, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Guadalupe64 min
Jun 13, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Maverick73 min
Jun 13, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee57 min
Jun 13, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette56 min
Jun 13, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala40 min
Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays and 4 more3 hr
Jun 13, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina58 min
Jun 13, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio54 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.