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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

October 14, 2012Llano County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 2012, 12:32 AM CDT for Llano County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
Oct 14, 2012, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Llano County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 14, 12:45 AM CDTHAIL 1Valley Spring, TX

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

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 2012-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2651 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 2012-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

463 
WUUS54 KEWX 140532
SVREWX
TXC299-140615-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0113.121014T0532Z-121014T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1232 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LLANO COUNTY...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1230 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  FIELD CREEK...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON...AND MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE VALLEY SPRING...BABY HEAD AND
  LLANO.

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 3071 9867 3075 9893 3079 9898 3091 9897
      3093 9896 3093 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 0532Z 289DEG 24KT 3096 9898

$$
1 follow-up statement
433 
WWUS54 KEWX 140557
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1257 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

TXC299-140615-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-121014T0615Z/
LLANO TX-
1257 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LLANO COUNTY...

AT 1253 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VALLEY
SPRING...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LLANO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE BABY HEAD. THIS STORM IS 
MOVING ALONG THE LLANO/SAN SABA COUNTY LINE.

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 3074 9867 3080 9886 3084 9897 3091 9897
      3093 9896 3093 9860
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 289DEG 24KT 3091 9880

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano49 min
Oct 14, 1:56 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBurnet, Llano19 min
Oct 14, 2:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXBurnet, Llano3 hr
Oct 14, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Travis, Williamson46 min
Oct 14, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilliamson46 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.