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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 16, 2003Fayette County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2003, 11:27 PM CDT for Fayette County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 16, 2003, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 16, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3614 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
3614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1334 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.7

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The text

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

371 
WUUS54 KEWX 170427
SVRSAT
TXC149-170530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1127 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1127 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARMINE...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF GIDDINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
RURAL FAYETTE COUNTY AT 1140 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.


LAT...LON 3012 9666 2998 9684 3007 9695 3015 9680
          3016 9670

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee65 min
May 17, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.