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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

February 24, 2005Zavala County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1603 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 00:00Z on 2005-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 6:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kerr62 min
Feb 23, 6:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall62 min
Feb 23, 7:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde61 min
Feb 23, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards65 min
Feb 23, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde54 min
Feb 23, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards60 min
Feb 23, 8:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde67 min
Feb 23, 10:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde34 min
Feb 23, 10:24 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde36 min
Feb 23, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kinney46 min
Feb 24, 12:40 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXZavala50 min
Feb 24, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Uvalde35 min
Feb 24, 1:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Zavala55 min
Feb 24, 1:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Medina58 min
Feb 24, 2:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio71 min
Feb 24, 3:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXZavala62 min
Feb 24, 3:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson60 min
Feb 24, 3:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes67 min
Feb 24, 3:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt68 min

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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.