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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 6, 2003Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2003, 4:34 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
Oct 6, 2003, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 6, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2003-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1143 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 2003-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
1143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 062134
SVRSAT
TXC137-062230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
430 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS...
  EDWARDS

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 430 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
  OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...OVER THE NORTHERN PART
  OF EDWARDS COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF EDWARDS COUNTY FOR THE 
NEXT HOUR...WITH STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS 
LIGHTNING.

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.

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.

LAT...LON 2971 10061 2970 10007 3026 10000 3026 10064

$$

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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.