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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 12, 2012Bastrop County, Lee County, Williamson County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 5:43 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Lee County, Williamson County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 12, 2012, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Lee County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 5:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFedor, TXLARGE TREES DOWN. TREES WITH BRANCHES UP TO 6 INCH DIAMETER BROKEN
Jun 12, 6:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG7 Nne Camp Swift, TXSEVERAL 1-3 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WACO AND BROWN ROAD IN THE TOWN OF MCDADE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 275 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-471 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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.

397 
WUUS54 KEWX 122243
SVREWX
TXC021-287-491-122330-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0092.120612T2243Z-120612T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
543 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BASTROP COUNTY...
  WEST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

* AT 537 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FEDOR...OR 8 MILES EAST OF ELGIN...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CAMP SWIFT...CIRCLE D-KC
  ESTATE AND PAIGE.

LAT...LON 3013 9732 3042 9735 3051 9717 3050 9716
      3048 9715 3047 9713 3026 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 317DEG 14KT 3037 9722

$$
1 follow-up statement
747 
WWUS54 KEWX 122258
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

TXC021-287-491-122330-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-120612T2330Z/
LEE TX-WILLIAMSON TX-BASTROP TX-
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BASTROP...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON AND WEST
CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...

AT 556 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOBB
SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ELGIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MCDADE...CAMP SWIFT...
FEDOR...CIRCLE D-KC ESTATE AND PAIGE.

LAT...LON 3013 9732 3042 9735 3051 9717 3050 9716
      3048 9715 3047 9713 3026 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 317DEG 14KT 3033 9720

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Fayette, Lee67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.