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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2003, 8:52 PM CST for Bastrop County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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, 8:52 PM CST (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2003, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bastrop County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
594
WUUS54 KEWX 260252
SVRSAT
TXC021-260345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
851 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...
BASTROP
* UNTIL 945 PM CST
* AT 851 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF CAMP SWIFT TO 9
MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR CREEK...OR FROM 8 MILES EAST OF ELGIN TO 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF LOCKHART...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
BASTROP
PAIGE
SMITHVILLE
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 3037 9727 3004 9761 2979 9733 3006 9705
3026 9710
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 25, 8:50 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 8:50 PM CST, 2 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 850 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003 WILL BE UPDATING FCST DUE TO NEW SVR TSTM WATCH BOX BEING ISSUED. NEW WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM. PRIMARY THREAT TONIGHT HAS BEEN LARGE HAIL. .EWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #76 TIL 2 AM. 13/04
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 5:44 AM CST, 15 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-261200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 544 AM CST TUE MAR 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FOR TODAY. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS AMPLE MOISTURE AT THE TIME OF PEAK AFTERNOON HEATING. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A BURNET TO COMFORT TO PEARSALL LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS UP TO 2 INCHES. THE FRONT WILL PUSH EAST AND FOCUS THUNDERSTORMS AWAY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 3:25 PM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 325 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003 ...INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTH AND WEST PARTS OF THE HILL COUNTRY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING TODAY...TO PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE EVENING HOURS AFTER 6 TO 8 PM...AND OVER THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATER TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM NEAR THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE MAINLY NEAR AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BURNET AND LLANO COUNTY...TO BANDERA COUNTY...AND TO DIMMIT AND ZAVALA COUNTIES. IN THIS AREA THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD FORM WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL CAUSE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS IN THE PRE DAWN TO EARLY MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY...AS THE THE COLD FRONT MOVES OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SUNNY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...AND ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:19 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0519 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0512 PM CONCAN TX 0.88 IN HAIL
03/25/03 UVALDE
DCLocal storm report, Mar 25, 5:24 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0524 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0512 PM CONCAN TX 0.88 IN HAIL
03/25/03 UVALDE REPORTED BY COOP
OBSERVER
DCLocal storm report, Mar 25, 6:04 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
604 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM 4 S BAKERSMITH TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 KENDALL REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
DCLocal storm report, Mar 25, 8:04 PM CST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
804 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0638 PM COMFORT TX WIND DAMAGE
03/25/03 NEAR COMFORT ON MILL DAM 1 HOUSE AND TREES
ROAD AT HIS HILL DAMAGED
BAPTIST CHURCH REPORTED BY HAM
KENDALL
0640 PM 4 MI W BOERNE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 KENDALL REPORTED BY
HAM
0655 PM BARTLETT TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 WILLIAMSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0737 PM AUSTIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 OAK HILL REPORTED BY
TRAVIS HAM
0740 PM SAN ANTONIO TX .75 HAIL
03/25/03 BEXAR REPORTED BY
HAM
0740 PM AUSTIN TX .75 HAIL
03/25/03 JCT HWY 290 AND HWY 71 REPORTED BY
TRAVIS HAM
0740 PM BARTON CREEK AUSTIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 TRAVIS REPORTED BY AUS SCHOOL
NETWORK
DCLocal storm report, Mar 25, 8:38 PM CST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
838 PM CST TUE MAR 25 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0803 PM BEN WHITE AND I 35 .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 SAN ANTONIO TX REPORTED BY
HAM
0807 PM AIRPORT AUSTIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 TRAVIS REPORTED BY
METAR
0808 PM HWY 21 SAN MARCOS TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 HAYS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0809 PM AUSTIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/25/03 TRAVIS REPORTED BY
HAM
DCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 56 min |
| Mar 25, 6:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Burnet | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 66 min |
| Mar 25, 7:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 7:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 56 min |
| Mar 25, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 52 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.