Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2005, 5:19 PM CST for Kendall County, Kerr 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
- Feb 23, 2005, 5:19 PM CST (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2005, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KEWX 232319
SVREWX
TXC259-265-240015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0002.050223T2319Z-050224T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
519 PM CST WED FEB 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
KERR
KENDALL
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 509 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF KERRVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CENTER POINT...COMFORT...
BANKERSMITH...WARING AND SISTERDALE.
LAT...LON 3013 9913 3014 9944 2999 9952 2985 9866
3013 9861
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KEWX 232326
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
524 PM CST WED FEB 23 2005
TXC259-265-240015-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050224T0015Z/
KERR TX-KENDALL TX-
524 PM CST WED FEB 23 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
KENDALL AND KERR COUNTIES...
AT 524 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF KERRVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN INTERSTATE 10...AND REACH NEAR
COMFORT BY 6:15 PM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BANKERSMITH...CENTER
POINT...WARING...SISTERDALE.
LAT...LON 3013 9913 3014 9944 2999 9952 2985 9866
3013 9861
$$000
WWUS54 KEWX 232353
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
551 PM CST WED FEB 23 2005
TXC259-265-240015-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050224T0015Z/
KERR TX-KENDALL TX-
551 PM CST WED FEB 23 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
KENDALL AND KERR COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
COMFORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CENTER POINT...BANKERSMITH...
WARING AND SISTERDALE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3013 9913 3014 9944 2999 9952 2985 9866
3013 9861
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 59 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.