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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

September 12, 2012Gonzales County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2012, 5:20 PM CDT for Gonzales County, Karnes County, Wilson County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 12, 2012, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gonzales County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3197 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 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
3197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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.

537 
WUUS54 KEWX 122220
SVREWX
TXC177-255-493-122245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0110.120912T2220Z-120912T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
520 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GONZALES COUNTY...
  NORTH CENTRAL KARNES COUNTY...
  EAST CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 515 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF PANDORA...OR 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF KOSCIUSKO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NIXON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2925 9794 2932 9774 2918 9769 2912 9786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 158DEG 9KT 2918 9781

$$
1 follow-up statement
021 
WWUS54 KEWX 122233
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
533 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012

TXC177-255-493-122245-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120912T2245Z/
GONZALES TX-WILSON TX-KARNES TX-
533 PM CDT WED SEP 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KARNES...EAST CENTRAL WILSON AND SOUTHWESTERN
GONZALES COUNTIES...

AT 530 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PANDORA...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
STOCKDALE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE NIXON.

LAT...LON 2925 9794 2932 9774 2918 9769 2912 9786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 158DEG 7KT 2920 9782

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales41 min
Sep 12, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson57 min

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.