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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 1:21 PM CDT for Bandera County, Real County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
- May 6, 2003, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2003, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bandera County, TX, Real 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 nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 5257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.7
- Supercell composite
- 20.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328 WUUS54 KEWX 061821 SVRSAT TXC019-385-061915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 120 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN TEXAS... REAL BANDERA * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 120 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER REAL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KERRVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... RURAL BANDERA COUNTY AT 130 PM 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2994 9978 2982 9964 2983 9914 $$
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 May 6, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1200 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 JUST SENT ANOTHER UPDATE TO COVER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ISOLD SEVERE STORM ENTERING NRN KERR COUNTY IS THE MAIN PLAYER FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. THE MAIN CONCERN IS WHEN THE DRYLINE...BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND SFC HEATING COMBINE THIS AFTERNOON. SHEAR IS AVAILABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...AND THE CAPE IS DOWNRIGHT SCARY IF THE STORMS BECOME SFC BASED. .EWX...NONE. 26/02/PM UPDATE PRELIMS... AUS 093/074 093/074 092 51000 DRT 102/074 099/075 100 00000 SAT 094/075 092/075 092 20000
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 9:10 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 910 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...PRIMARILY NORTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 10. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS LITTLE OR NO RISK FOR TORNADOES. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT TIME WILL BE FROM 2 TO 6 PM...ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MID-MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STATIONARY SPOTTERS WILL BE HELPFUL FOR WIND AND HAIL REPORTS. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND HAM RADIO OPERATORS SHOULD CONTINUE WITH NORMAL ACTIVITIES BUT PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO CONDITIONS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 9:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ171>173-188-190-192>194-062000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 925 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 266 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS UNTIL 3 PM... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM 910 AM UNTIL 3 PM TODAY. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE... BASTROP...BLANCO...BURNET...GILLESPIE...LEE...LLANO...TRAVIS...AND WILLIAMSON. RESIDENTS SHOULD RAISE THEIR LEVEL OF AWARENESS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. HAVE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO HANDY OR STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS... STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 26/JWZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 63 min |
| May 6, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 59 min |
| May 6, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 62 min |
| May 6, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 56 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.