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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 18, 2012Kinney County, Maverick County, Val Verde County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2012, 7:19 PM CDT for Kinney County, Maverick County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2012, 7:50 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2012-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1063 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 00:00Z on 2012-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1063 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

990 
WUUS54 KEWX 190019
SVREWX
TXC271-323-465-190100-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0103.120719T0019Z-120719T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTY...
  NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN VAL VERDE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

* AT 712 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE          
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND    
  DAMAGING WINDS FROM 40 TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER     
  NORTHERN MAVERICK COUNTY...OR 7 MILES EAST OF QUEMADO...AND MOVING 
  NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE CORE OF THE STORM SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM   
  DEL RIO AREA...HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO   
  AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF VAL VERDE COUNTY.

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 10053 2906 10068 2910 10069 2911 10073
      2917 10079 2920 10078 2923 10081 2925 10081
      2932 10065 2899 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 144DEG 18KT 2902 10055

$$
1 follow-up statement
413 
WWUS54 KEWX 190050
SVSEWX

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

TXC271-323-465-190057-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-120719T0100Z/
KINNEY TX-VAL VERDE TX-MAVERICK TX-
750 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MAVERICK...EXTREME
SOUTHERN VAL VERDE AND SOUTHWESTERN KINNEY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
HOWEVER...STORM OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 55 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR 
THE NEXT 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

LAT...LON 2893 10053 2906 10068 2910 10069 2911 10073
      2917 10079 2920 10078 2923 10081 2925 10081
      2932 10065 2899 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 144DEG 18KT 2916 10066

$$

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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.