Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Issued

Mar 19, 2012, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)

Expired

Mar 19, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Atascosa County, TX, Frio County, TX

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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271 
WUUS54 KEWX 200017
SVREWX
TXC013-163-200115-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0029.120320T0017Z-120320T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
717 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ATASCOSA COUNTY...
  EASTERN FRIO COUNTY...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 713 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR DILLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DERBY...GOLDFINCH AND
  SCHATTEL.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG AND JUST TO THE WEST OF HIGHWAY 
85.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2865 9930 2907 9892 2876 9869 2863 9894
      2864 9929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 226DEG 22KT 2865 9916

$$

530 
WWUS54 KEWX 200057
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
757 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

TXC013-163-200115-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120320T0115Z/
FRIO TX-ATASCOSA TX-
757 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL ATASCOSA AND EASTERN FRIO COUNTIES...

AT 751 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOLDFINCH...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PEARSALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE THREE OAKS...DAVIS AND
SCHATTEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT
QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS
A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2872 9903 2883 9913 2907 9892 2876 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 226DEG 22KT 2882 9895

$$

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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.