Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2005, 12:13 AM CST for Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Feb 24, 2005, 12:13 AM CST (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2005, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KEWX 240614 SVREWX TXC507-240715- /O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0013.050224T0613Z-050224T0715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1213 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ZAVALA * UNTIL 115 AM CST * AT 1211 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF LOMA VISTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BATESVILLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 2881 10004 2865 9995 2883 9942 2907 9955 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KEWX 240629 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1228 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 TXC507-240715- /O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050224T0715Z/ ZAVALA TX- 1228 AM CST THU FEB 24 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR ZAVALA COUNTY... AT 1226 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA PRYOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LAT...LON 2881 10004 2865 9995 2883 9942 2907 9955 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 61 min |
| Feb 23, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 65 min |
| Feb 23, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 54 min |
| Feb 23, 8:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 60 min |
| Feb 23, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 67 min |
| Feb 23, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 34 min |
| Feb 23, 10:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 12:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Zavala | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Uvalde | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Zavala | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 1:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Medina | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 2:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Frio | 71 min |
| Feb 24, 3:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Zavala | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Wilson | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 67 min |
| Feb 24, 3:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 68 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.