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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 3, 2003Kendall County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2003, 1:25 PM CDT for Kendall County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 3, 2003, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kendall County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2003-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2861 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
2861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

029 
WUUS54 KEWX 031825
SVRSAT
TXC259-031930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
123 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 123 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS
OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER KENDALL COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF KENDALL COUNTY FOR THE NEXT
HOUR.  STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 2981 9882 2984 9866 3002 9853 3007 9885

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Lavaca26 min
Jun 3, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr56 min
Jun 3, 2:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKendall3 hr
Jun 3, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera45 min
Jun 3, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina60 min
Jun 3, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar60 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson51 min
Jun 3, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina43 min
Jun 3, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa69 min
Jun 3, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar34 min
Jun 3, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilson62 min
Jun 3, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio59 min
Jun 3, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa24 min
Jun 3, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.