Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2012, 6:26 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lavaca County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 26, 2012, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, TX, Lavaca County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:42 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 Se Flatonia, TX | DIME SIZE HAIL... WIND 40 TO 50 MPH... 0.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 30 MINUTES AND THE TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 102 DEGREES TO 79 DEGREES. |
| Jun 26, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Schulenburg, TX | SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN AND AROUND SCHULENBURG... MAINLY NORTH OF THE CITY ON HIGHWAY 77. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
846
WUUS54 KEWX 262326
SVREWX
TXC149-285-270015-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0094.120626T2326Z-120627T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
626 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...
NORTHEASTERN LAVACA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
* AT 624 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM SCHULENBURG TO 8 MILES NORTH OF SUBLIME TO
9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUBLIME...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FLATONIA AND HALLETTSVILLE.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2928 9688 2968 9715 2979 9683 2972 9677
2963 9686 2959 9682 2959 9680 2954 9674
2945 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 073DEG 18KT 2973 9693 2959 9681
2957 9669
$$3 follow-up statements
904
WWUS54 KEWX 262338
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
638 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
TXC149-285-270015-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-120627T0015Z/
FAYETTE TX-LAVACA TX-
638 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LAVACA AND SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 633 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM SCHULENBURG TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HALLETTSVILLE TO SUBLIME...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MORAVIA...FLATONIA...
BRESLAU...KOMENSKY AND VIENNA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2928 9688 2968 9715 2976 9691 2967 9682
2963 9686 2959 9682 2959 9680 2954 9674
2945 9667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 058DEG 20KT 2966 9699 2952 9687
2950 9675
$$937
WWUS54 KEWX 262355
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
655 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
TXC149-285-270015-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-120627T0015Z/
FAYETTE TX-LAVACA TX-
655 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL LAVACA AND SOUTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 652 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM KOMENSKY TO HALLETTSVILLE TO VSETIN...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY
RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2963 9696 2954 9689 2942 9675 2928 9688
2968 9715 2972 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 058DEG 20KT 2961 9708 2947 9696
2945 9684
$$316
WWUS54 KEWX 270009
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
709 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
TXC149-285-270019-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-120627T0015Z/
FAYETTE TX-LAVACA TX-
709 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAVACA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY WEAKENED TO WELL BELOW SEVERE LEVELS.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2963 9696 2954 9689 2942 9675 2928 9688
2968 9715 2972 9702
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 058DEG 20KT 2957 9716 2943 9704
2941 9692
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Gonzales, Lavaca | 53 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.