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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

June 9, 2014Lee County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2014, 8:39 PM CDT for Lee County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 9, 2014, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lee County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

322 
WUUS54 KEWX 100139
SVREWX
TXC287-100245-
/O.NEW.KEWX.SV.W.0101.140610T0139Z-140610T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
839 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.

* AT 836 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS HAVE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TANGLEWOOD...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKDALE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH. THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT U.S. HIGHWAY 77 AND STATE HIGHWAY    
  21. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DIME BOX.

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 3023 9670 3023 9673 3020 9673 3020 9674
      3050 9709 3056 9697 3056 9693 3052 9690
      3047 9689 3036 9676 3034 9675 3030 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 296DEG 19KT 3054 9696

$$
3 follow-up statements
427 
WWUS54 KEWX 100209
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
909 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

TXC287-100245-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140610T0245Z/
LEE TX-
909 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY...

AT 904 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TANGLEWOOD...
OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIME 
BOX...U.S. HIGHWAY 77...STATE HIGHWAY 21...FARM TO MARKET ROAD 696.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3023 9670 3023 9673 3020 9673 3020 9674
      3048 9707 3054 9697 3054 9695 3052 9690
      3047 9689 3036 9676 3034 9675 3030 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 310DEG 14KT 3048 9693

$$
589 
WWUS54 KEWX 100228
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
928 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

TXC287-100245-
/O.CON.KEWX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140610T0245Z/
LEE TX-
928 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...

AT 924 PM CDT...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD DIME 
BOX...OR 9 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. 
THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING SLIGHTLY. IF CURRENT RADAR TRENDS 
CONTINUE THE WARNING WILL BE CANCELED EARLY. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIME 
BOX.

LAT...LON 3023 9670 3023 9673 3020 9673 3020 9674
      3043 9700 3044 9695 3048 9690 3052 9690
      3047 9689 3036 9676 3034 9675 3030 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 310DEG 14KT 3043 9686

$$
849 
WWUS54 KEWX 100239
SVSEWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
939 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

TXC287-100249-
/O.EXP.KEWX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140610T0245Z/
LEE TX-
939 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3023 9670 3023 9673 3020 9673 3020 9674
      3043 9700 3044 9695 3048 9690 3052 9690
      3047 9689 3036 9676 3034 9675 3030 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 310DEG 14KT 3040 9682

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXComal36 min
Jun 9, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXMilam9 min
Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLee47 min
Jun 9, 9:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLee117 min
Jun 9, 11:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette3 hr
Jun 10, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXFayette50 min
Jun 10, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEWXFayette, Lavaca24 min
Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXFayette2 hr
Jun 10, 1:31 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXLavaca29 min
Jun 10, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXLavaca27 min
Jun 10, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca41 min
Jun 10, 3:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryEWXLavaca3 hr
Jun 10, 3:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXLavaca43 min
Jun 10, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEWXDeWitt45 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.