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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 19, 2005Lavaca County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2005, 7:37 PM CST for Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
Mar 19, 2005, 7:37 PM CST (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2005, 8:30 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lavaca County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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
Mar 19, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1536 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 200137
SVREWX
TXC285-200230-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0039.050320T0137Z-050320T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
737 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LAVACA

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 735 PM 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 4 MILES
  NORTH OF SHINER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOULTON AND HALLETTSVILLE.

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 2962 9720 2940 9723 2922 9705 2957 9679
      2957 9684 2964 9689

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 200202
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
800 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

TXC285-200230-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050320T0230Z/
LAVACA TX-
800 PM CST SAT MAR 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR
LAVACA COUNTY...

AT 756 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM IN THE TOWN OF MOULTON
AT 758 PM. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HALLETTSVILLE.

LAT...LON 2962 9720 2940 9723 2922 9705 2957 9679
      2957 9684 2964 9689

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 6:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLee44 min
Mar 19, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilson59 min
Mar 19, 7:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar54 min
Mar 19, 7:27 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales3 hr
Mar 19, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes64 min
Mar 19, 7:52 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEWXDeWitt, Karnes, Lavaca3 hr
Mar 19, 8:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca62 min
Mar 19, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt60 min
Mar 19, 9:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca29 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.