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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 25, 2003Bandera County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2003, 6:04 PM CST for Bandera 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
Mar 25, 2003, 6:04 PM CST (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2003, 7:00 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bandera County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 160 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 00:00Z on 2003-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 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
160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

929 
WUUS54 KEWX 260004
SVRSAT
TXC019-260100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
604 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 604 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANDERPOOL...MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  VANDERPOOL

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 2977 9953 2976 9961 2963 9960 2963 9926
          2981 9922 2976 9961 2963 9960 2963 9926
          2966 9925

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 6:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet2 hr
Mar 25, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMaverick66 min
Mar 25, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar55 min
Mar 25, 7:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis57 min
Mar 25, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson40 min
Mar 25, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick56 min
Mar 25, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala52 min
Mar 25, 8:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop53 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.