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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

March 25, 2005Bastrop County, Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2005, 9:40 PM CST for Bastrop County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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 25, 2005, 9:40 PM CST (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2005, 10:45 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 25, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 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 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 260344
SVREWX
TXC021-287-260445-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0049.050326T0340Z-050326T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
940 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
  LEE
  BASTROP

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 932 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE TO GOLFBALL
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
  WILL MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH OVER PARTS OF BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FEDOR...LEXINGTON AND
  TANGLEWOOD.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WITH 
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD 
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... 
PREFERABLY AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3011 9755 2988 9734 3017 9706 3028 9677
      3051 9699 3039 9726

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 260419
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1017 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

TXC021-287-260445-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050326T0445Z/
LEE TX-BASTROP TX-
1017 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR BASTROP 
COUNTY...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 1012 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMP SWIFT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST 
OF ELGIN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING FOR LEE COUNTY MAY BE NEEDED AS THIS STORM 
CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF ROTATION.

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 3011 9755 2988 9734 3017 9706 3028 9677
      3051 9699 3039 9726

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 260432
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1031 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

TXC021-287-260445-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050326T0445Z/
LEE TX-BASTROP TX-
1031 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
BASTROP AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 1028 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAIGE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF
GIDDINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FEDOR...LEXINGTON AND 
TANGLEWOOD. THIS STORM IS BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AND MAY FALL BELOW 
SEVERE LEVELS BY 1045 PM.

LAT...LON 3011 9755 2988 9734 3017 9706 3028 9677
      3051 9699 3039 9726

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano64 min
Mar 25, 7:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet58 min
Mar 25, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie64 min
Mar 25, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Hays, Travis65 min
Mar 25, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXTravis34 min
Mar 25, 9:57 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXBastrop33 min
Mar 26, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Val Verde56 min
Mar 26, 6:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards67 min
Mar 26, 9:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie54 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde60 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.