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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2013, 11:40 PM CST for Kinney County, Uvalde County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 9, 2013, 11:40 PM CST (05:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2013, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kinney County, TX, Uvalde County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
251 WUUS54 KEWX 100540 SVREWX TXC271-463-100630- /O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0013.130310T0540Z-130310T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1140 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN UVALDE COUNTY... * UNTIL 1230 AM CST. * AT 1136 PM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF BRACKETTVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST ALONG FM 334. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAGUNA AND MONTELL. 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 2962 9982 2935 9981 2941 10042 2960 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 257DEG 26KT 2950 10033 $$
2 follow-up statements
109 WWUS54 KEWX 100612 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1212 AM CST SUN MAR 10 2013 TXC271-463-100630- /O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130310T0630Z/ KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX- 1212 AM CST SUN MAR 10 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN UVALDE AND NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTIES... AT 1208 AM CST...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTELL...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCAN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD CONCAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 2962 9982 2935 9981 2941 10042 2960 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 0611Z 271DEG 27KT 2949 9988 $$
719 WWUS54 KEWX 100626 SVSEWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1226 AM CST SUN MAR 10 2013 TXC271-463-100636- /O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130310T0630Z/ KINNEY TX-UVALDE TX- 1226 AM CST SUN MAR 10 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN UVALDE AND NORTHEASTERN KINNEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CST... THE STORM WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2962 9982 2935 9981 2941 10042 2960 10045 TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 271DEG 27KT 2949 9975 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 6:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Gillespie | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 8:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Blanco | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 43 min |
| Mar 9, 9:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 27 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 9:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Edwards | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 54 min |
| Mar 9, 9:44 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 10:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Burnet, Gillespie, Llano | 42 min |
| Mar 9, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde, Zavala | 41 min |
| Mar 9, 10:42 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 10:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Kendall, Williamson | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 11:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 11:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 11:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 11:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera, Medina | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 12:25 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Bandera | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 12:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 1:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Comal | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EWX | Lee | 47 min |
| Mar 10, 4:46 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick and 4 more | 16 hr |
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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.