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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 6, 2006Kerr County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2006, 5:53 AM CDT for Kerr County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
May 6, 2006, 5:53 AM CDT (10:53 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2006, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kerr County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2006-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2991 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
2991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 061053
SVREWX
TXC265-061200-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0191.060506T1053Z-060506T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
553 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KERR WILDLIFE MGMT AREA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HUNT...INGRAM...CAMP
  VERDE...KERRVILLE STATE PARK...KERRVILLE AND CENTER POINT.

LAT...LON 3022 9966 2998 9959 2985 9900 3003 9893

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 3:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
325 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006

.DISCUSSION...
MCS SLOWLY MOVING SEWD THROUGH THE NERN CWA AND BACK BUILDING INTO
THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY THIS MORNING. THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY
LOOKS RIPE FROM CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT BUT A STRONGER CAP OVER THE
RIO GRANDE PLAINS SHOULD LIMIT ANY DEVELOPMENT OVER THE WESTERN
TIER OF COUNTIES. BECAUSE OF THE SLOW MOVING CELLS AND AN OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAIN...
WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING THRU NOON TODAY. HOWEVER
WILL REMOVE A FEW OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES BECAUSE OF THE CAP.
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE S CENTRAL TX AND THE HILL COUNTRY WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE OVERNIGHT MCS ACTIVITY ROLL THRU THRU DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE NIGHTS. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AGAIN TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

AN ACTIVE WESTERLY FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK AND WILL KEEP SOME SLGT CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST AS S/W
TRACK ACROSS TX. A COLD WILL DROP INTO CENTRAL TX WEDNESDAY AND
THRU S TX WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE NWLY IN
RESPONSE TO AN UPPER TROF MOVING ACROSS THE MID-WEST. THEREFORE
EXPECT COOLER/DRIER WEATHER AND DIMINISHED RAIN CHCS LATE NEXT
WEEK. THERE COULD HOWEVER BE SOME NW FLOW CONVECTION BY THE
WEEKEND BUT LEAVE POPS 10 PERCENT FOR NOW AS DO NOT HAVE ENUF
CONFIDENCE TO FORECAST A NW FLOW EVENT 7 DAYS OUT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              87  69  86  69 / 80 40 20 50
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  87  67  84  68 / 80 40 20 50
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           90  71  93  73 / 20 20 10 20
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       88  71  88  70 / 60 30 20 50

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
ATASCOSA... BANDERA... BASTROP... BEXAR... BLANCO... BURNET...
CALDWELL... COMAL... DE WITT... EDWARDS... FAYETTE... GILLESPIE...
GONZALES... GUADALUPE... HAYS... KARNES... KENDALL... KERR...
LAVACA... LEE... LLANO... MEDINA... REAL... TRAVIS... WILLIAMSON...
AND WILSON.

&&

01/25
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:30 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
530 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-071030-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
530 AM CDT SAT MAY 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR MUCH OF THE HILL
COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TRAIN ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY
ALSO BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING...AND
AGAIN TONIGHT AS STORMS REDEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 1:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
109 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 AM     TORNADO          12 NW BURNET            30.88N 98.37W
05/06/2006                   BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR LAKE VICTOR.

1259 AM     HAIL             11 NNW BURNET           30.91N 98.30W
05/06/2006  M2.75 INCH       BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR LAKE VICTOR.

0100 AM     TORNADO          13 ESE BURNET           30.69N 98.03W
05/06/2006                   BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR OATMEAL.

&&

PM
Local storm report, May 6, 1:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
118 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 AM     TORNADO          12 NW BURNET            30.88N 98.37W
05/06/2006                   BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR LAKE VICTOR.

1259 AM     HAIL             11 NNW BURNET           30.91N 98.30W
05/06/2006  M2.75 INCH       BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR LAKE VICTOR.

0100 AM     TORNADO          12 NW BURNET            30.88N 98.37W
05/06/2006                   BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR LAKE VICTOR.

&&

PM
Local storm report, May 6, 2:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
207 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0101 AM     HAIL             12 NNW BURNET           30.92N 98.31W
05/06/2006  E4.00 INCH       BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF REPORT LARGE HAIL NEAR LAKE VICTOR.

0110 AM     HAIL             20 NE BURNET            30.97N 97.99W
05/06/2006  M2.00 INCH       BURNET             TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER REPORT HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

0120 AM     TORNADO          BRIGGS                  30.87N 97.92W
05/06/2006                   BURNET             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO SEEN CROSSING HIGHWAY 183.

0207 AM     HAIL             FLORENCE                30.84N 97.79W
05/06/2006  M0.75 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PENNY SIZE AND HEAVY RAIN.

&&

PM
Local storm report, May 6, 2:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
225 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     HAIL             2 W JARRELL             30.82N 97.63W
05/06/2006  M1.00 INCH       WILLIAMSON         TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

&&

PM
Local storm report, May 6, 3:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
349 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 AM     HAIL             LOCKHART                29.87N 97.68W
05/06/2006  M0.75 INCH       CALDWELL           TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PM
Local storm report, May 6, 4:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
410 AM CDT SAT MAY 06 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0301 AM     HAIL             10 NW AUSTIN            30.41N 97.87W
05/06/2006  M0.88 INCH       TRAVIS             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL HAIL REPORTED AT DUVAL AND HIGHWAY 183.

&&

PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa38 min
May 5, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar53 min
May 5, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa63 min
May 5, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde43 min
May 5, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa31 min
May 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar59 min
May 6, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet65 min
May 6, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet23 min
May 6, 12:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet3 hr
May 6, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet31 min
May 6, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson65 min
May 6, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano66 min
May 6, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet62 min
May 6, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXWilliamson81 min
May 6, 2:13 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilliamson3 hr
May 6, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano3 hr
May 6, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet42 min
May 6, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis68 min
May 6, 2:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis4 hr
May 6, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie3 hr
May 6, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell60 min
May 6, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop55 min
May 6, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXHays3 hr
May 6, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr3 hr
May 6, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr54 min
May 6, 5:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGonzales3 hr
May 6, 5:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGonzales33 min
May 6, 6:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco115 min
May 6, 6:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera3 hr
May 6, 6:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXReal2 hr
May 6, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall55 min
May 6, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar67 min
May 6, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera58 min
May 6, 7:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar2 hr
May 6, 7:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXKerr113 min
May 6, 8:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe116 min
May 6, 8:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXEdwards3 hr
May 6, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXWilson2 hr
May 6, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar3 hr
May 6, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXComal, Guadalupe3 hr
May 6, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie82 min
May 6, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano73 min
May 6, 6:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis4 hr

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.