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

March 30, 2007Edwards County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2007, 5:57 PM CDT for Edwards County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 30, 2007, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 30, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
1603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KEWX 302257
SVREWX
TXC137-310000-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0049.070330T2257Z-070331T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
557 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF CARTA VALLEY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF LOMA ALTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EDWARDS COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT

LAT...LON 2995 10069 2963 10069 2963 10004 2993 10003

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 302343
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
643 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

TXC137-310000-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070331T0000Z/
EDWARDS TX-
643 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EDWARDS COUNTY...

AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 33 MILES EAST OF CARTA VALLEY...OR ABOUT
24 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKSPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS
A A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 2995 10069 2963 10069 2963 10004 2993 10003

$$
000 
WWUS54 KEWX 302358
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
659 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

TXC137-310009-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070331T0000Z/
EDWARDS TX-
659 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EDWARDS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 700
PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2995 10069 2963 10069 2963 10004 2993 10003

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchEWXAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more27 hr
Mar 30, 7:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXMedina3 hr
Mar 30, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays36 min
Mar 30, 9:55 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays35 min
Mar 30, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXHays19 min
Mar 30, 10:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Hays, Travis, Williamson4 hr
Mar 30, 10:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBlanco, Hays, Travis4 hr
Mar 30, 10:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBexar, Medina4 hr
Mar 30, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXHays, Travis11 min
Mar 30, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera37 min
Mar 30, 11:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBandera4 hr
Mar 30, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKerr33 min
Mar 30, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall, Kerr25 min
Mar 30, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKendall21 min
Mar 30, 12:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop2 hr
Mar 30, 12:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXGillespie112 min
Mar 30, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards36 min
Mar 30, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco25 min
Mar 30, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano31 min
Mar 30, 1:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBurnet3 hr
Mar 30, 2:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXLlano3 hr
Mar 30, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde68 min
Mar 30, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde78 min
Mar 30, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde51 min
Mar 30, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards42 min
Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde41 min
Mar 30, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Real, Uvalde56 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.