Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2013, 7:17 AM CDT for Bandera County, Bexar County, Medina County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- May 10, 2013, 7:17 AM CDT (12:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Medina County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:20 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Ne Mico, TX | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
296
WUUS54 KEWX 101217
SVREWX
TXC019-029-325-101300-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0113.130510T1217Z-130510T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
717 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA COUNTY...
WESTERN BEXAR COUNTY...
NORTHEASTERN MEDINA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.
* AT 712 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR MICO...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CASTROVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RIO MEDINA...CLIFF...
HELOTES...SEA WORLD...LEON VALLEY...LACKLAND AFB...SHAVANO PARK...
SAN ANTONIO...OLMOS PARK...ALAMO HEIGHTS AND TERRELL HILLS.
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 2958 9840 2926 9849 2934 9885 2945 9905
2962 9901
TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 282DEG 35KT 2951 9891
$$1 follow-up statement
560
WWUS54 KEWX 101237
SVSEWX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
737 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013
TXC019-101247-
/O.CAN.KEWX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130510T1300Z/
BANDERA TX-
737 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BANDERA
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 2943 9886 2958 9886 2958 9840 2926 9849
2934 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 282DEG 35KT 2947 9869
$$
TXC029-325-101300-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130510T1300Z/
MEDINA TX-BEXAR TX-
737 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BEXAR AND EAST CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTIES...
AT 735 AM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SEA WORLD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SAN ANTONIO...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE MACDONA...LEON VALLEY...
LACKLAND AFB...SHAVANO PARK...BALCONES HEIGHTS...CASTLE HILLS...OLMOS
PARK...SAN ANTONIO INT AP...ALAMO HEIGHTS AND TERRELL HILLS.
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 2943 9886 2958 9886 2958 9840 2926 9849
2934 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 282DEG 35KT 2947 9869
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Dimmit | 66 min |
| May 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Mason | 73 min |
| May 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit, Maverick | 55 min |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 80 min |
| May 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 72 min |
| May 9, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Llano | 68 min |
| May 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 44 min |
| May 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 56 min |
| May 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Maverick | 47 min |
| May 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real | 56 min |
| May 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 51 min |
| May 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Gillespie, Kendall | 54 min |
| May 9, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 47 min |
| May 9, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall | 61 min |
| May 9, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Kerr | 48 min |
| May 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 65 min |
| May 9, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays | 51 min |
| May 9, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Guadalupe | 46 min |
| May 9, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 54 min |
| May 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 44 min |
| May 10, 1:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 29 min |
| May 10, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 25 min |
| May 10, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 23 min |
| May 10, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 52 min |
| May 10, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 51 min |
| May 10, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real | 41 min |
| May 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Gillespie, Kerr | 33 min |
| May 10, 5:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 50 min |
| May 10, 6:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal, Hays | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 49 min |
| May 10, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Guadalupe, Wilson | 52 min |
| May 10, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Wilson | 45 min |
| May 10, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Fayette | 37 min |
| May 10, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Gonzales | 48 min |
| May 10, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| May 10, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | DeWitt | 38 min |
| May 10, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 43 min |
| May 10, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gonzales | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Terrell | 34 min |
| May 10, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lavaca | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 58 min |
| May 10, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 51 min |
| May 10, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Real | 53 min |
| May 10, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| May 10, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Medina | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Val Verde | 49 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 39 min |
| May 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Kinney, Uvalde | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 62 min |
| May 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 50 min |
| May 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet | 48 min |
| May 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Llano | 46 min |
| May 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 40 min |
| May 10, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kendall | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Medina | 67 min |
| May 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala | 57 min |
| May 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano | 50 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.