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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

May 11, 2013Maverick County, Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2013, 6:59 PM CDT for Maverick County, Uvalde County, Zavala County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 11, 2013, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Maverick County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 11, 6:51 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 6:51 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:36 AM CDT, 13 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
536 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-121045-
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-
536 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 6:40 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
640 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

TXZ203-217-218-120030-
MAVERICK-UVALDE-ZAVALA-
640 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ZAVALA...MAVERICK
AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UVALDE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF LA PRYOR...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN UVALDE AND WESTERN ZAVALA
COUNTIES.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 2911 9995 2892 9983 2885 10012 2898 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 260DEG 9KT 2894 10005
Local storm report, May 11, 6:50 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio58 min
May 10, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBexar, Wilson56 min
May 10, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBlanco, Hays39 min
May 10, 7:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXTravis2 hr
May 10, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMaverick53 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXTravis39 min
May 10, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXTravis3 hr
May 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXDeWitt, Gonzales, Karnes, Wilson46 min
May 10, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXAtascosa, Frio, Karnes59 min
May 10, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit62 min
May 10, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXBastrop, Lee44 min
May 10, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit41 min
May 10, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEWXBastrop3 hr
May 10, 8:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXBastrop, Lee40 min
May 10, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDimmit44 min
May 10, 9:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLee109 min
May 11, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXZavala50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.