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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 27, 2011Burnet County, Llano County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2011, 5:38 PM CDT for Burnet County, Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2011, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Burnet County, TX, Llano County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 27, 5:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65N Kingsland, TXWINDS GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
Sep 27, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Burnet, TXROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A BARM NEAR COUNTY ROAD 215

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 447 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-566 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

053 
WUUS54 KEWX 272238
SVREWX
TXC053-299-272330-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0124.110927T2238Z-110927T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
538 PM CDT TUE SEP 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BURNET COUNTY...
  NORTHEASTERN LLANO COUNTY...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 530 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFFTON...
  OR NEAR BUCHANAN DAM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KINGSLAND...INKS LAKE STATE
  PARK AND BURNET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3079 9817 3071 9824 3062 9849 3087 9861
      3094 9854 3093 9846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 316DEG 13KT 3082 9847

$$
1 follow-up statement
039 
WWUS54 KEWX 272253
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
553 PM CDT TUE SEP 27 2011

TXC053-299-272330-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-110927T2330Z/
LLANO TX-BURNET TX-
553 PM CDT TUE SEP 27 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BURNET AND EAST CENTRAL LLANO COUNTIES...

AT 548 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCHANAN
DAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE KINGSLAND...INKS LAKE
STATE PARK AND BURNET.

LAT...LON 3089 9848 3087 9837 3079 9817 3071 9824
      3062 9849 3087 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 316DEG 13KT 3078 9843

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Williamson62 min
Sep 27, 2:21 PM CDTRed Flag WarningEWXBastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 15 more11 hr
Sep 27, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano49 min
Sep 27, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Llano49 min
Sep 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco50 min
Sep 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano34 min
Sep 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall38 min
Sep 27, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano46 min
Sep 27, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall33 min
Sep 27, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Burnet, Llano, Travis, Williamson46 min
Sep 27, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr47 min
Sep 27, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr, Medina43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.