Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT for Atascosa County, Frio County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2012, 10:42 PM CDT (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 11:08 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Atascosa County, TX, Frio County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
598 WUUS54 KEWX 270342 SVREWX TXC013-163-270430- /O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0098.120627T0342Z-120627T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1042 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN FRIO COUNTY... * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT. * AT 1038 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. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IUKA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF POTEET...AND MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KYOTE. 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 2896 9881 2906 9885 2908 9869 2901 9868 TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 070DEG 19KT 2903 9874 $$
1 follow-up statement
072 WWUS54 KEWX 270408 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 TXC013-163-270413- /O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120627T0430Z/ FRIO TX-ATASCOSA TX- 1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ATASCOSA AND NORTHEASTERN FRIO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... STORMS HAVE DISSIPATED AS THEY MOVE SOUTHWESTWARD OVER NORTHEAST FRIO COUNTY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF FRIO COUNTY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 2896 9881 2906 9885 2908 9869 2901 9868 TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 070DEG 19KT 2899 9887 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Karnes | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.