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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 18, 2012Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 6:52 PM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 18, 2012, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2012-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1838 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 2012-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
1838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

765 
WUUS54 KEWX 182352
SVREWX
TXC271-323-190030-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0102.120718T2352Z-120719T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
652 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY...
  MAVERICK COUNTY...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 645 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A STRONG          
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND          
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17     
  MILES EAST OF PALOMA...OR 21 MILES EAST OF EAGLE PASS...AND        
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DARLING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE 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 2893 10055 2917 10022 2881 10011 2872 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 142DEG 15KT 2882 10018

$$
1 follow-up statement
638 
WWUS54 KEWX 190008
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
708 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

TXC271-190017-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120719T0030Z/
KINNEY TX-
708 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 2893 10055 2907 10033 2891 10021 2880 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 136DEG 20KT 2894 10040

$$

TXC323-190030-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-120719T0030Z/
MAVERICK TX-
708 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR MAVERICK COUNTY...

AT 700 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALOMA...
OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE DARLING.

LAT...LON 2893 10055 2907 10033 2891 10021 2880 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 136DEG 20KT 2894 10040

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 3:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBexar114 min
Jul 18, 3:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar118 min
Jul 18, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXUvalde50 min
Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXZavala105 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.