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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 26, 2012Atascosa County, Frio County, Texas

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKarnes28 min
Jun 26, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.