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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 26, 2012Atascosa County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2012, 10:07 PM CDT for Atascosa County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Atascosa County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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 26, 10:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 Ne Pleasanton, TXMARBLE SIZE HAIL AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS SCATTERED ACROSS IH37.
Jun 26, 10:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGN Leming, TXNUMEROUS TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN AND SOME HOMES DAMAGED.

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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

755 
WUUS54 KEWX 270307
SVREWX
TXC013-270345-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0097.120627T0307Z-120627T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1007 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL ATASCOSA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

* AT 957 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND 
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CROSSING I37 NEAR LEMING. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEMING...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
PLEASANTON...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE POTEET.

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 2892 9861 2907 9866 2912 9841 2902 9837
TIME...MOT...LOC 0305Z 077DEG 18KT 2905 9848

$$
1 follow-up statement
353 
WWUS54 KEWX 270334
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

TXC013-270345-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120627T0345Z/
ATASCOSA TX-
1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL ATASCOSA COUNTY...

AT 1025 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH 
CENTRAL ATASCOSA COUNTY...OR NORTHWEST OF POTEET...MOVING WEST AT 20 
MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2908 9859 2903 9860 2903 9865 2907 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 096DEG 17KT 2906 9868

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes28 min
Jun 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio26 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.