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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

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

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 6:08 PM CDT for Bastrop County, Fayette County, Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 6:39 PM CDTHAIL 0.25Giddings, TX
Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ssw Giddings, TXSEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES BLOWN DOWN SOME BLOCKING FM448 AT FM2239

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

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3184 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 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
3184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.4
Supercell composite
-2.2

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The text

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

929 
WUUS54 KEWX 122308
SVREWX
TXC021-149-287-130015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0093.120612T2308Z-120613T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BASTROP COUNTY...
  NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 603 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 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GIDDINGS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LOEBAU...SERBIN...NORTHRUP...
  WINCHESTER...WARDA...LEDBETTER AND CARMINE.

LAT...LON 2999 9701 3027 9712 3039 9696 3022 9673
      3019 9673 3016 9678 3015 9672 3017 9668
      3016 9666 3014 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 318DEG 13KT 3026 9697

$$
1 follow-up statement
183 
WWUS54 KEWX 122322
SVSEWX

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

TXC021-149-287-130015-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-120613T0015Z/
FAYETTE TX-LEE TX-BASTROP TX-
622 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL BASTROP...SOUTHERN LEE AND NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 619 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 GIDDINGS...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE 
SERBIN...NORTHRUP...WINCHESTER...LEDBETTER...WARDA AND CARMINE.

LAT...LON 2999 9701 3027 9712 3039 9696 3022 9673
      3019 9673 3016 9678 3015 9672 3017 9668
      3016 9666 3014 9664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 322DEG 14KT 3020 9693

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee, Williamson47 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.