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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 10, 20134 counties in Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2013, 8:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2013, 8:42 AM CDT (13:42 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2013, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bastrop County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2458 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
650 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

.AVIATION...
A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY
WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD THIS MORNING...WITH TSRA
EXPECTED AT KAUS/KSAT/KSSF THROUGH 13/14Z. BEHIND THIS INITIAL
ACTIVITY...A GENERAL LULL IN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE MORNING. HOWEVER...PERIODIC SHRA IS EXPECTED GENERALLY EAST
OF A LINE FROM KECU TO KHDO TO KPEZ. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION WILL
INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COLD FRONT. LOW CIGS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING WITH A SLOW IMPROVEMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CONDITIONS AT KDRT ARE EXPECTED TO BE MARGINALLY BETTER...WITH
LESS AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS AND AN EARLIER RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS.
RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL CAUSE SFC WINDS THIS MORNING TO
GENERALLY BE NE TO NLY 10 TO 15 KTS. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL MOSTLY
BE E TO NELY NEAR 10 KTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 25 KTS IN/NEAR CONVECTION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013/

SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
BRIEF LULL IN CONVECTION EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS S CENTRAL TX.
HOWEVER REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM LAST NIGHTS STORMS/AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...S-SELY 25-35 KNOT LOW LEVEL INFLOW...AS
WELL AS UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE STRONG CHANCES FOR
ORGANIZED CONVECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ALREADY STRONG NEW
CONVECTION SKIRTING THE FAR NWRN CWA IN VICINITY OF AN OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY. EXPECTED THE CONVECTION TO SINK/DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO
THE CWA DURING THE DAY WITH THE COLD FRONT. THERE WILL BE A
CONTINUED THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS AS AIRMASS REMAINS MODERATELY
UNSTABLE WITH MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL. SCATTERED POST FRONTAL
SHOWERS/ STORMS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS
THE SRN CWA...AS MORE STABLE AIR FILTERS INTO THE NRN CWA.
SLIGHTLY COOLER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY BEHIND THE FRONT AS WINDS
SHIFT TO NELY.

LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
DECREASING RAIN CHANCES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS THE UPPER
LOW TO THE WEST SINKS SOUTHWARD AND THE DISTURBANCES PASS FURTHER
SOUTH ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...ALTHOUGH THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
COULD STILL SEE ISOLATED STORMS DEVELOP OVER THE MEXICAN MOUNTAINS
AND CROSS THE RIO GRANDE BEFORE DISSIPATING. RAINS CHANCES INCREASE
AGAIN BY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE UPPER LOW OVER MEXICO
BEGINS TO LIFT NEWD ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...TAPERING OFF FROM THE
WEST WEDNESDAY-WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST
BEHIND THE EJECTING LOW/TROF. NO POPS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY-
FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE KEEPS SOUTH TEXAS UNDER GENERAL
SUBSIDENCE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AUSTIN CAMP MABRY              81  61  80  58  83 /  60  30  20  10  -
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT  81  60  79  55  82 /  60  30  20  10  -
NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT     83  62  80  57  83 /  60  30  30  10  10
BURNET MUNI AIRPORT            79  59  79  55  81 /  60  30  20  10  -
DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT           91  67  82  64  85 /  30  40  40  20  20
GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT        79  60  79  55  81 /  60  30  20  -   -
HONDO MUNI AIRPORT             85  64  79  59  83 /  50  40  30  10  10
SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT        82  61  79  57  81 /  60  30  20  10  -
LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL   83  65  80  61  83 /  50  40  30  10  10
SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT       82  63  79  59  82 /  60  40  30  10  10
STINSON MUNI AIRPORT           83  64  81  61  82 /  60  40  30  10  10

&&

.EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE/AVIATION...05
SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...01
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 4:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
433 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-110945-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
433 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE COMBINATION OF UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH A COLD
FRONT...AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL RESULT IN
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY
INTO THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH THE
PRIMARY THREAT OF LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit66 min
May 9, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMason73 min
May 9, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDimmit, Maverick55 min
May 9, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal80 min
May 9, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real72 min
May 9, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Llano68 min
May 9, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXEdwards, Kerr, Real44 min
May 9, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGillespie56 min
May 9, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMaverick47 min
May 9, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Real56 min
May 9, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGillespie51 min
May 9, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Gillespie, Kendall54 min
May 9, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr47 min
May 9, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBlanco, Comal, Hays, Kendall61 min
May 9, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Kerr48 min
May 9, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays65 min
May 9, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays51 min
May 9, 11:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGuadalupe46 min
May 9, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe54 min
May 10, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette44 min
May 10, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette29 min
May 10, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde25 min
May 10, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde23 min
May 10, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards52 min
May 10, 4:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXEdwards51 min
May 10, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Real41 min
May 10, 5:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Gillespie, Kerr33 min
May 10, 5:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, Kerr46 min
May 10, 6:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina50 min
May 10, 6:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal, Hays43 min
May 10, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBandera, Bexar, Medina43 min
May 10, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXCaldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays49 min
May 10, 7:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Guadalupe, Wilson52 min
May 10, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXWilson45 min
May 10, 8:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette37 min
May 10, 9:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca51 min
May 10, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLavaca46 min
May 10, 9:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt38 min
May 10, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca43 min
May 10, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXGonzales42 min
May 10, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXTerrell34 min
May 10, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca46 min
May 10, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde38 min
May 10, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde42 min
May 10, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde58 min
May 10, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde51 min
May 10, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXReal53 min
May 10, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney45 min
May 10, 4:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMedina44 min
May 10, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXVal Verde49 min
May 10, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet39 min
May 10, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBandera, Kinney, Uvalde45 min
May 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXVal Verde40 min
May 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Uvalde62 min
May 10, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Medina52 min
May 10, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKinney50 min
May 10, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBurnet48 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXKinney, Val Verde66 min
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLlano46 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet40 min
May 10, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXKendall53 min
May 10, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXMedina, Uvalde48 min
May 10, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXLlano44 min
May 10, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Bexar, Medina67 min
May 10, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFrio, Medina, Uvalde, Zavala57 min
May 10, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXGillespie, Kendall, Kerr51 min
May 10, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBurnet, Llano50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.