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

April 2, 2004Frio County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2004, 5:04 PM CST for Frio 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
Apr 2, 2004, 5:04 PM CST (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2004, 6:00 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Frio County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 2:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2004-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1046 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 2004-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

422 
WUUS54 KEWX 022304
SVRSAT
TXC163-030000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
503 PM CST FRI APR 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 503 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE
  OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIO TOWN TO PEARSALL TO 
  DILLEY...MOVING 
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  PEARSALL AT 515 PM
  DERBY AT 515 PM
  MOORE AT 530 PM

* THIS WARNING INCLUDES LOCATIONS IN AND AROUND...
  PEARSALL
  MOORE
  DERBY

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS LOW WATER CROSSINGS...
DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS MAY ALSO RISE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD
WATERS.


LAT...LON 2908 9939 2866 9925 2866 9883 2909 9885

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 11:03 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Medina, Val Verde186 days
Apr 2, 1:21 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe, Maverick186 days
Apr 2, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney91 min
Apr 2, 2:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes, Kinney186 days
Apr 2, 2:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXFayette, Maverick186 days

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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.